The Right to Unionize, the Right to Bargain, and the Right to Democratic Policing

Monique Marks and Jenny Fleming
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Monique Marks: Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet) at the Australian National University
Jenny Fleming: Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet) in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2006, vol. 605, issue 1, 178-199

Abstract: This (normative) article explores the importance of police unions in the quest for democratic policing. The authors argue that if we are to expect police to behave democratically, it is important for police themselves to experience democratic engagement within the organizations in which they work. That is, if police are expected to defend democracy, they should not be denied basic democratic rights such as the right to collective bargaining and the right to freedom of association. The authors contend that police unions, through networking with other social justice groupings and through encouraging democratic practice, constitute a real forum for the promotion of democratic policing. For this potential to be reached, however, police unions need to identify with broader labor movement trends toward community unionism.

Keywords: police labor rights; community unionism; democratic policing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716206287181

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