Name: The Rule of Dons: Criminal Leaders and Political Authority in Urban Jamaica (en Inglés)
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Author: Jaffe, Rivke
ISBN: 9781478031154

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The Rule of Dons: Criminal Leaders and Political Authority in Urban Jamaica (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Rivke Jaffe

Editorial

Duke University Press

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

232

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Peso

0.44 kg.

ISBN13

9781478031154

Categorías

Islas del caribe
México, centroamérica, sudamérica, latinoamérica
Comunidades urbanas
Estudios étnicos
Antropología social y cultural, etnografía

The Rule of Dons: Criminal Leaders and Political Authority in Urban Jamaica (en Inglés)

Rivke Jaffe (Autor) · Duke University Press · Tapa Blanda

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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.