Contradictions of Democracy: Vigilantism and Rights in Post-Apartheid South Africa - Couverture rigide

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Rush Smith, Nicholas

 
9780190847180: Contradictions of Democracy: Vigilantism and Rights in Post-Apartheid South Africa
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ISBN 10 : 0190847182 ISBN 13 : 9780190847180
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2019

Synopsis

Despite being one of the world's most vibrant democracies, police estimate between five and ten percent of the murders in South Africa result from vigilante violence. This is puzzling given the country's celebrated transition to democracy and massive reform of the state's legal institutions. Where most studies explain vigilantism as a response to state or civic failure, in Contradictions of Democracy, Nicholas Rush Smith illustrates that vigilantism is actually a response to the processes of democratic state formation. In the context of densely networked neighborhoods, vigilante citizens often interpret the technical success of legal institutions-for instance, the arrest and subsequent release of suspects on bail-as failure and work to correct such perceived failures on their own. Smith also shows that vigilantism provides a new lens through which to understand democratic state formation. Among young men of color in some parts of South Africa, fear of extra-judicial police violence is common. Amid such fear, instead of the state seeming protective, it can appear as something akin to a massive vigilante organization. An insightful look into the high rates of vigilantism in South Africa and the general challenges of democratic state building, Contradictions of Democracy explores fundamental questions about political order, the rule of law, and democratic citizenship.

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À propos de l?auteur

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

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0190847182
ISBN 13 
9780190847180
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Nombre de pages
266
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9780190847197: Contradictions of Democracy: Vigilantism and Rights in Post-Apartheid South Africa (Oxford Studies in Culture and Politics)

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ISBN 10 :  0190847190 ISBN 13 :  9780190847197
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2019
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