Nicholas Rush Smith

Contradictions of Democracy

Vigilantism and Rights in Post-Apartheid South Africa

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Produktbeschreibung

Despite being one of the world's most vibrant democracies, vigilantism is regularly practiced in South Africa. Based on twenty months of field work, Contradictions of Democracy shows why, explores what South Africa reveals about vigilantism in other democracies, and uses vigilantism to explore the contradictions of democracy more generally.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780190847197
• ISBN-10: 0190847190
• Artikelnr.: 55171651

Autorenporträt

Nicholas Rush Smith is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York--City College.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Introduction
* Chapter 1 - Vigilantism and the Contradictions of Democratic State
Formation
* Chapter 2 - The People's Justice: Historical Antecedents of
Contemporary Vigilantism
* Chapter 3 - Spectacles of State Craft: The Truth and Reconciliation
Commission and Post-Apartheid Law Making
* Chapter 4 - Rights in Translation: Vigilantism and the Meanings of
Institutional Effectiveness and Failure
* Chapter 5 - Taking Charge: The Contradictory Pleasures of Citizen
Crime Fighting
* Chapter 6 - The Risks and Rewards of Vigilantism
* Chapter 7 - The Racial Geographies of Criminal Panic: Protesting
Crime in the Suburbs
* Chapter 8 - Against Vigilantism: Citizen and State Action to Combat
Vigilantism
* Chapter 9 - Law-Making and State-Making as Vigilantism
* Epilogue
* Bibliography