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Полиција у политичком животу
Police In Political Life

Author(s): Želimir Kešetović
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Универзитет у Нишу
Keywords: Police; Politics; Political Processes; Political Neutrality of the Police

Summary/Abstract: In the paper author is are discussing on the general level relations between the police and politics and the most important factors that determine the nature of this relations. He describes the way the politics directly or indirectly interfere and influence police work, and also how the police influence politics and interfere political processes, emphasising the principle of political neutrality of the police and pointing out the problems in fullfilement of this principle. The position of the police in the system of unity of power, and system od division of power is described, and direct and indirect forms of police influence on political life are analysed. In methodological sense this descriptive paper is based on content analysis and review of literature. Author concludes that relations between police agencies and acters of political life are rather complex and determined by number of factors, while endeavour of holders of political power to exert influence on the police is historical constant, even in countries that are civilization vantguard in spite of pointing out the principle of political neutrality of the police. In countries in transition, and paritculary Serbia, this topics deserve comprehensive research.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 1867-1883
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Serbian