Los desafíos de la Policía como actor político en España

  1. Óscar Jaime 1
  2. Diego Torrente 2
  1. 1 Universidad Pública de Navarra
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    Universidad Pública de Navarra

    Pamplona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02z0cah89

  2. 2 Universitat de Barcelona
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    Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/021018s57

Revista:
Revista española de ciencia política

ISSN: 1575-6548

Año de publicación: 2017

Número: 45

Páginas: 147-172

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.21308/RECP.45.06 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Revista española de ciencia política

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Resumen

Over the past decades, police forces have evolved significantly as a result of the structural changes that have taken place in democratic societies. The growing delegitimization of repre-sentative political institutions; the empowerment of citizens; the crisis of the welfare state and the consequences of socioeconomic globalization have shaped a scenario in which a classic institution, such as the police, is struggling to relocate itself in an ambiguous space. This is leading to its overlap with other institutional actors and some glimpse of an identity crisis. The aim of this article is to investigate the challenges that Spanish police forces are facing as polit-ical actors, in this context. In this scenario, a complex structure of interactions between the police forces, political-institutional decision-makers and various social actors is built. We define the profiles of such interaction in a variable geometry framework which is highly sys-temic and prone to stability. In this system of relationships, security forces face a structural bewilderment derived from their confused and weakened position caused by the hegemonic pressure put by: (1) empowered social actors; (2) demanding and increasingly delegitimized political decision-makers; and (3) increasingly sophisticated, complex and powerful profes-sional challenges. The perspective of analysis is institutionalist, as it is assumed that the police institution conditions actors’ perceptions and interests, but these gain enough relevance and determination to influence an uncertain future scenario. The methodology is qualitative, and it is based on chief police officers’ testimonies, whose speeches are interpreted in the light of previous relevant academic contributions. This research was founded by the Spanish National Science Program 2012-14.

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