SHADOWING THE STATE: VIOLENT CONTROL AND THE SOCIAL POWER OF JAMAICAN GARRISON DONS.

This present study examines the social control, law and order roles (via jungle justice measures) that 'dons' carry out inside Jamaica's urban inner cities, called garrisons. Dons often function as non-state informal community leaders; they are shadow versions of state power and authority in garriso...

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Publicado en:Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 56 - 76
Autor principal: Blake, Damion Keith
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Publicado: Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, LLC Fall2013
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