Contradictions of democracy: vigilantism and rights in post-apartheid South Africa
Vigilantism and the contradictions of democratic state formation -- The people's justice: historical antecedents of contemporary vigilantism -- Spectacles of state craft: the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and post-apartheid law making -- Rights in translation: vigilantism and the meanings...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
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| Keywords: |
Südafrika
> Gewalt
> Demokratieforschung
> Innere Sicherheit
> Innerstaatlicher Konflikt
> Staat
> Miliz
> Bürgerwehr
> Verbrechen
> Lebensbedingungen
> Demokratisierung
> Sicherheit
> Gewalttätigkeit
> Zivilbevölkerung
> Kriminalität
> Selbstjustiz
> Südafrika
> Truth and Reconciliation Commission
> Stadtrandsiedlung
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| Summary: | Vigilantism and the contradictions of democratic state formation -- The people's justice: historical antecedents of contemporary vigilantism -- Spectacles of state craft: the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and post-apartheid law making -- Rights in translation: vigilantism and the meanings of institutional effectiveness and failure -- Taking charge: the contradictory pleasures of citizen crime fighting -- The risks and rewards of vigilantism -- The racial geographies of criminal panic: protesting crime in the suburbs -- Against vigilantism: citizen and state action to combat vigilantism -- Law-making and state-making as vigilantism |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 219-238 |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 244 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780190847180 9780190847197 |