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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Autor principal: Smith, Nicholas Rush (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: New York Oxford University Press 2019
En:Año: 2019
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Sumario: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
Notas:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 219-238
Descripción Física:xvii, 244 Seiten
ISBN:9780190847180
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