Transnational Biographies, Cosmopolitanism and Police Reform: Cristóvão Morais Sarmento and the Portuguese Police at the End of Nineteenth Century

This article relates the transnational biography of Christóvão Morais Sarmento, Police Commissioner in Lisbon between 1867 and 1906, to understand the role of cosmopolitanism in the reform of the Portuguese public security system and the functioning of Lisbon's police. The result of a transnati...

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Main Author: Gonçalo R. Gonçalves
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Language:English
Published: Iberoamericana / Vervuert 2017-03-01
Series:Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal
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Online Access:http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/2233
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spelling doaj-d6335ef3239e465c99853b61368aeb5e2020-11-24T23:15:37ZengIberoamericana / VervuertIberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal1577-33882255-520X2017-03-011764355510.18441/ibam.17.2017.64.35-551831Transnational Biographies, Cosmopolitanism and Police Reform: Cristóvão Morais Sarmento and the Portuguese Police at the End of Nineteenth CenturyGonçalo R. Gonçalves0ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa / CIES-IULThis article relates the transnational biography of Christóvão Morais Sarmento, Police Commissioner in Lisbon between 1867 and 1906, to understand the role of cosmopolitanism in the reform of the Portuguese public security system and the functioning of Lisbon's police. The result of a transnational biographical experience – not only on their individual pathway but also on family ties – Morais Sarmento cosmopolitanism is an essential element to understand the changing contours of public security policies and building an organizational culture within the Portuguese police.http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/2233PoliceBiographyCosmopolitanismPublic securityPortugal
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Transnational Biographies, Cosmopolitanism and Police Reform: Cristóvão Morais Sarmento and the Portuguese Police at the End of Nineteenth Century
Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal
Police
Biography
Cosmopolitanism
Public security
Portugal
author_facet Gonçalo R. Gonçalves
author_sort Gonçalo R. Gonçalves
title Transnational Biographies, Cosmopolitanism and Police Reform: Cristóvão Morais Sarmento and the Portuguese Police at the End of Nineteenth Century
title_short Transnational Biographies, Cosmopolitanism and Police Reform: Cristóvão Morais Sarmento and the Portuguese Police at the End of Nineteenth Century
title_full Transnational Biographies, Cosmopolitanism and Police Reform: Cristóvão Morais Sarmento and the Portuguese Police at the End of Nineteenth Century
title_fullStr Transnational Biographies, Cosmopolitanism and Police Reform: Cristóvão Morais Sarmento and the Portuguese Police at the End of Nineteenth Century
title_full_unstemmed Transnational Biographies, Cosmopolitanism and Police Reform: Cristóvão Morais Sarmento and the Portuguese Police at the End of Nineteenth Century
title_sort transnational biographies, cosmopolitanism and police reform: cristóvão morais sarmento and the portuguese police at the end of nineteenth century
publisher Iberoamericana / Vervuert
series Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal
issn 1577-3388
2255-520X
publishDate 2017-03-01
description This article relates the transnational biography of Christóvão Morais Sarmento, Police Commissioner in Lisbon between 1867 and 1906, to understand the role of cosmopolitanism in the reform of the Portuguese public security system and the functioning of Lisbon's police. The result of a transnational biographical experience – not only on their individual pathway but also on family ties – Morais Sarmento cosmopolitanism is an essential element to understand the changing contours of public security policies and building an organizational culture within the Portuguese police.
topic Police
Biography
Cosmopolitanism
Public security
Portugal
url http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/2233
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