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Taking the law into their own hands : lawless law enforcers in Africa / Bruce Baker.
Van Pelt Library HV6322.3.A35 B35 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, Bruce.
- Series:
- Making of modern Africa
- The making of modern Africa
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vigilance committees--Africa.
- Vigilance committees.
- Death squads--Africa.
- Death squads.
- Crime prevention--Africa--Citizen participation.
- Crime prevention.
- Government, Resistance to--Africa--Prevention.
- Government, Resistance to.
- Law enforcement--Africa.
- Law enforcement.
- Political participation.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 234 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershop, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2002]
- Contents:
- Part I Lawlessness and Democracy in Africa
- 1 The Importance of the Rule of Law in Democracy 9
- 2 The Construction of Attitudes Towards the Law 27
- Part II The Army Takes the Law into Its Own Hands
- 3 The Ugandan Peoples Defence Force and the Northern Rebellion 55
- 4 The Senegalese Army and the Casamance Secessionists 81
- Part III The Police and State Militia Take the Law into Their Own Hands
- 5 The Mozambican National Police and Crime 107
- 6 Anambra State Vigilante Service (Nigeria) and Crime 129
- Part IV The People Take the Law into Their Own Hands
- 7 Vigilantes and Crime in South Africa 153
- 8 East Africa's Vigilantes and Cattle Rustling 179
- Part V The Implications for Democracy
- 9 Sustaining Democracy in a Context of Lawless Law Enforcement 205.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-229) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0754618846
- OCLC:
- 49991556
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