Thoughts on sovereignty

Abstract

These introductory remarks canvas some of the debates over shifts in the governance of security that prompted the development of this Special Issue of Policing & Society. They show how while there is an Anglo‐American/Continental European focus to these debates, they draw attention to issues that extend beyond this particular context. At the heart of these, and the wider debates of which they are a part, are questions about the nature of contemporary sovereignty.

Keywords:

• Policing
• Governance
• Sovereignty

Notes

Correspondence to: Clifford Shearing, Security 21: International Centre for Security and Justice, Regulatory Institutions Network, Law Program, Australian National University Australia. E‐mail: clifford.shearing@ anu.edu.au. Thanks to Michael Kempa for his helpful comments on a draft of this article.

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Clifford Shearing

Correspondence to: Clifford Shearing, Security 21: International Centre for Security and Justice, Regulatory Institutions Network, Law Program, Australian National University Australia. E‐mail: clifford.shearing@ anu.edu.au. Thanks to Michael Kempa for his helpful comments on a draft of this article.