Transformation & trouble : crime, justice, and participation in democratic South Africa / / Diana R. Gordon

• Autore: Gordon Diana R
• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xiii, 382 p
• Disciplina: 364.968
• Soggetto topico: Criminal justice, Administration of - South Africa; Democracy - South Africa
• Soggetto geografico: South Africa Ethnic relations
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-350) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : two paradigms and a program -- Pre-apartheid justice : versatile instrument of repression -- Apartheid justice : a contradiction in terms -- Bitter fruit from poison seeds -- Elements of liberal justice in a new democracy -- Protection, integrity, and rights : South Africa's achievements -- Public-empowering justice : resource for a new democracy -- Participation thwarted : South African failures -- Wielding the big stick -- Democratic justice and the competent citizen.
• Sommario/riassunto: Crime is one of the major challenges to any new democracy. Violence often increases after the lifting of authoritarian control, or in the aftermath of regime change. But how can a fledgling democracy fight crime without violating the fragile rights of its citizens? In Transformation and Trouble, accomplished theorist and criminal justice scholar Diana Gordon critically examines South Africa's efforts to strike the perilous balance between democratic participation and social control. South Africa has made great progress in pursuing the Western ideals of participatory justice and due process. Yet Gordon finds that popular concerns about crime have fostered the growth of a punitive criminal justice system that undermines the country's rights-oriented political culture. Transformation and Trouble calls for South Africa to reaffirm its commitment to public empowerment by reforming its criminal justice system-an approach, she argues, that would strengthen the country's new democracy. An eloquent, critical, but ultimately optimistic, analysis of the democratization of crime and justice in post-apartheid South Africa. --Bill Dixon, School of Criminology, Education, Sociology and Social Work, Keele University A must read for understanding contemporary South Africa's agonizing dilemmas as it struggles to reconcile crime control with democratic values. --Jerome H. Skolnick, New York University School of Law Gordon's vast experience with criminal justice illuminates her cautionary tale of the search for a new way in south Africa. --Paul Chevigny, New York University Diana Gordon is Professor Emerita of Political Science and Senior Research Scholar, City University of New York.
• Altri titoli varianti: Transformation and trouble
• Titolo autorizzato: Transformation & trouble
• ISBN: 1-282-42298-7; 9786612422980; 0-472-02304-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910971008403321
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