Don Dada : Assessing the Socio-Economic and Political Power of Jamaica's Mafia Bosses / Damion Keith Blake.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blake, Damion Keith, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organized crime--Political aspects.

Organized crime.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Kingston, Jamaica : The University of the West Indies Press, [2024]

Summary:

In DonDada: Assessingthe Socio-economic and Political Power of Jamaica's Mafia Bosses, Damion Blake takes on acontroversial subject: the Jamaican don. The Jamaican don is a non-state actor,a male figure, usually from the community in which he plays a leadership role,and who wields considerable power and control inside that nation's.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Don Dada: Despots of Jamaica’s Garrison Spaces

2. The Don’s Power: Evolution, Typology, and Roles

3. The Criminalisation of the State

4. Brown Villa: The Jamaican Garrison Context

5. Violent Entrepreneurs: From Partisan Puppets to Don Dadas

6. Disempowering Dons

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ISBN:

9789766408954

9766408955

OCLC:

1484738904