Law and disorder in the postcolony

Social Anthropology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-152

  Comaroff, Jean ^a,b   Comaroff, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Crime; Disorder; Lawfare; Neoliberalism; Postcoloniality

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749055355     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0964-0282.2007.00010.x     Document Type: Article

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