1. NODAL GOVERNANCE 2. CASE 1: PLURAL POLICING IN KOSOVO
Nodal governance: Many entities, nodes, actors in the PLURAL POLICING
policing landscape are together providing security Not focused on one problem:
o No longer only the police but many different agencies o Informal, non-state actors are always involved
coming together in nodal governance o other citizens, organizations, social control,..
“BEYOND A STATE CENTERED PARADIGM” – SHEARING Plural policing = different forms of policing by different
We moved away from the state-centered focus (= focus on people
what the police is doing) There Is always non-state actors available, there doesn’t need
Security is not being provided from one perspective/position to be a type of problem, the non-state actors are integrated an
o Multiple agents/actors are involved in solving a integral part of the field without there having to be a specific
concrete issue phenome
We move from one monolithic institution providing security toward a <-> NODAL GVT: You have a specific problem and you find actors
pluriform field of multiple actors with different perspectives 3. CASE 2: STROOMPLAN ANTWERP
4. NEW PUBLIC GOVERNANCE
THE INFORMATION AGE – MANUEL CASTELLS
The territory of the state is no longer limited by the physical
space: Virtual network plays a role as well
States are confronted with international networks of organized
crime/terrorism and can only play a role when engaged as a
node in global and local networks
Crucial question
o Who is taking the lead and what about democratic
control?
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Nodal governance: Many entities, nodes, actors in the PLURAL POLICING
policing landscape are together providing security Not focused on one problem:
o No longer only the police but many different agencies o Informal, non-state actors are always involved
coming together in nodal governance o other citizens, organizations, social control,..
“BEYOND A STATE CENTERED PARADIGM” – SHEARING Plural policing = different forms of policing by different
We moved away from the state-centered focus (= focus on people
what the police is doing) There Is always non-state actors available, there doesn’t need
Security is not being provided from one perspective/position to be a type of problem, the non-state actors are integrated an
o Multiple agents/actors are involved in solving a integral part of the field without there having to be a specific
concrete issue phenome
We move from one monolithic institution providing security toward a <-> NODAL GVT: You have a specific problem and you find actors
pluriform field of multiple actors with different perspectives 3. CASE 2: STROOMPLAN ANTWERP
4. NEW PUBLIC GOVERNANCE
THE INFORMATION AGE – MANUEL CASTELLS
The territory of the state is no longer limited by the physical
space: Virtual network plays a role as well
States are confronted with international networks of organized
crime/terrorism and can only play a role when engaged as a
node in global and local networks
Crucial question
o Who is taking the lead and what about democratic
control?
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