{"title":"Tony Cheng","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTony Cheng\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the complexities of modern systems, particularly focusing on the mechanisms of governance and control. His works challenge readers to consider the intricate relationship between technology and societal order, making his books essential for those interested in contemporary issues of policy and enforcement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted firmly in \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e, Cheng’s writing balances detailed analysis with accessible narrative, inviting scholars and curious minds alike to deepen their understanding of how institutional frameworks shape everyday life. His collections provoke thoughtful reflection on the tools that regulate public spaces and institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-policing-machine-by-tony-cheng-9780226830650","title":"The Policing Machine","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA revelatory look at how the NYPD has resisted change through strategic and selective community engagement.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe past few years have seen Americans express passionate demands for police transformation. But even as discussion of no-knock warrants, chokeholds, and body cameras has exploded, any changes to police procedures have only led to the same outcomes. Despite calls for increased accountability, police departments have successfully stonewalled change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Policing Machine\u003c\/em\u003e, Tony Cheng reveals the stages of that resistance, offering a close look at the deep engagement strategies that NYPD precincts have developed with only subsets of the community in order to counter any truly meaningful, democratic oversight. Cheng spent nearly two years in an unprecedented effort to understand the who and how of police-community relationship building in New York City, documenting the many ways the police strategically distributed power and privilege within the community to increase their own public legitimacy without sacrificing their organisational independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy setting up community councils that are conveniently run by police allies, handing out favours to local churches that will promote the police to their parishioners, and offering additional support to institutions friendly to the police, the NYPD, like police departments all over the country, cultivates political capital through a strategic politics that involves distributing public resources, offering regulatory leniency, and deploying coercive force. The fundamental challenge with police-community relationships, Cheng shows, is not to build them. It is that they already exist and are motivated by a machinery designed to stymie reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47433012216044,"sku":"9780226830650","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226830650.jpg?v=1774765827"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/tony-cheng.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}