Reordering society: Vigilantism and expressions of sovereignty in Port Elizabeth's townships

Development and Change

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 735-757

  Buur, Lars ^a,b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOVEREIGNTY; VIGILANCE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33748676678     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2006.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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