Between traditionalism and modernisation: Can reform in the Hellenic Police be led from within?

Georgios Papanicolaou

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-21469-2_10

Between traditionalism and modernisation: Can reform in the Hellenic Police be led from within?

Georgios Papanicolaou^*

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Abstract

This chapter raises questions about leadership in police organisations by interrogating the trajectory of modernisation in the Hellenic Police. Greece’s national police force continues to negotiate modernisation imperatives with a legacy of political partisanship, clientelism and deep entrenchment in militarism and bureaucratism. These historical and contemporary conditions have punctuated democratic police modernisation by shaping an organisational outlook that both limits the responsiveness of the organisation to external demands for change, and also compromises its capacity to pursue change organically through a strong culture of police leadership.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Police Leadership
Subtitle of host publication	Changing Landscapes
Editors	Pauline Ramshaw, Marisa Silvestri, Mark Simpson
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	10
Pages	209-230
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030214692
ISBN (Print)	9783030214685, 9783030214715
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21469-2_10
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes

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