The Repressive State Apparatus

Part 4: Police militarization

This is the fourth in a series on political theory and the agents of coercion. Part 1 discussed the dialectics of repression. Part 2 delved into the politics of hegemony, while Part 3 tackled the ideology of the repressive apparatus.

The debates around “police militarization” may not be novel, but have undoubtedly gained stronger global attention over …