LEADER 02697nam 2200433zu 450 001 9910913768103321 005 20240411181153.0 010 $a9781478094319 010 $a1478094311 010 $a9781478060178 010 $a1478060174 035 $a(CKB)31399762400041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9931399762400041 100 $a20240411|2024uuuu || | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 200 14$aThe rule of Dons $ecriminal leaders and political authority in urban Jamaica /$fRivke Jaffe 210 $cDuke University Press$d2024 311 08$a9781478031154 311 08$a1478031158 327 $aHistory -- Geography -- Electoral Politics -- Law and Order -- Taxation. 330 $a"Throughout Kingston, Jamaica, figures known as "dons" exercise political authority and are seen as legitimate leaders, despite their associations with crime and violence. In the absence of strong government support, they provide impoverished residents with access to security, conflict resolution, and various forms of welfare through their own resources and connections to Jamaica's political parties. In The Rule of Dons, Rivke Jaffe shows how dons' power relies on a widespread belief in their right to rule, explaining how criminal power is legitimized through a set of aesthetic, affective, and spatial mechanisms. She argues that dons must credibly embody an outlaw persona that stands outside of the political establishment, while also connecting strategically to state institutions and mobilizing democratic ideals such as freedom and equality. As such, dons represent a form of authority that involves balancing an autocratic form of rule with an established democratic order. While donmanship represents a historically and culturally specific type of political authority, Jaffe's analysis of this phenomenon offers insights into the entanglement of violent autocratic rule and democratic institutions far beyond Jamaica"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aOrganized crime$zJamaica 606 $aOrganized crime$xPolitical aspects$zJamaica 606 $aPolitical corruption$zJamaica 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social$2bisacsh 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban$2bisacsh 615 0$aOrganized crime 615 0$aOrganized crime$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aPolitical corruption 615 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social 615 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban 676 $a364.106097291 686 $aSOC002010$aSOC026030$2bisacsh 700 $aJaffe$b Rivke$0328284 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910913768103321 996 $aThe rule of Dons$94302568 997 $aUNINA