Wednesday 11 November 12.00-13.30 pm (Walk-in at 12:00, talk starts at 12:30). Location: REC JK T1.03 – Lunch will be served
Cooperation with the police against violence is typically conceptualised as a unitary outcome. I argue that this approach overlooks an important feature of cooperation: its character as a collective-action process. Drawing on emerging insights on collective action, I distinguish between two challenges facing the police: recruiting reluctant citizens into cooperation and maintaining cooperation once established. The distinction raises a neglected question: do legitimacy-related factors matter equally across the full cooperation distribution? I answer the question using data from a survey of UK residents. The findings support a recruitment-maintenance framework that re-conceptualises cooperation as a collective action trajectory.
About the speaker
| Justice Tankebe is a professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Cambridge (UK). His research interests include legitimacy and criminal justice, violence, policing, and corruption. |  |
The Talk is organised by Dr. Ivy Defoe, in cooperation with the RPA Conflict & Society.
The location is at the UvA’s Roeterseiland campus, REC, JK Building, Room T1.03. A Campus map can be found here.
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