Listen "Jake Monaghan - Is Just Policing Possible?"
Episode Synopsis
Alex speaks with Jake Monaghan about ideal vs. ideal theory approaches to policing, the history and function of the police as an institution, and how to respond to police abolitionists.
Episode Notes
Jake's book - the subject of the conversation - can be purchased here: https://a.co/d/ewVS0h9
References are made to G. A. Cohen's Why Not Socialism, which can be read here: https://www3.nd.edu/~pweithma/Readings/Cohen,%20Gerald/Cohen,%20G%20(Why%20not%20Socialism).pdf
... and to "The Dispossessed", which can be read here:
https://files.libcom.org/files/Le%20Guin%20-%20The%20Dispossessed.pdf
Episode Notes
Jake's book - the subject of the conversation - can be purchased here: https://a.co/d/ewVS0h9
References are made to G. A. Cohen's Why Not Socialism, which can be read here: https://www3.nd.edu/~pweithma/Readings/Cohen,%20Gerald/Cohen,%20G%20(Why%20not%20Socialism).pdf
... and to "The Dispossessed", which can be read here:
https://files.libcom.org/files/Le%20Guin%20-%20The%20Dispossessed.pdf
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