Security Governance, Policing, and Local Capacity

ISBN-13: 9780367865863 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 257 str.

Jan Froestad; Clifford Shearing

Opis

This volume explores an experiment that took place in Zwelethemba—located in South Africa’s Western Cape Province—to establish legitimate and effective nonstate security governance within poor urban settlements.

Spis treści

Introduction. Definitions. Good Security Governance. The Zwelethemba Road. Reaching Zwelethemba. A Road Block. Roads from Zwelethemba. The Road to This Book. Justice Through Peace. Justice as Just Deserts. Restorative Justice: Justice as Healing. Restorative Justice and the Criminal Justice System. Zwelethemba’s Justice. Mechanisms for Building Justice Through Peace. Democracy in Many Places. Shifting Conceptions. Democratic Deficit. Democracy Blackmail. The Displacement of Politics as a Democratic Requirement. Zwelethemba and the Displacement of Politics. Zwelethemba and the Challenge of Building Private Democratic Spaces. Disputes over Property . Social Disputes. Domestic Disputes. Multiple Accountabilities. Accountability—Where We Have Been. A New Crisis of Accountability?. New Ideas on How to Perceive and Strengthen Accountability. The Zwelethemba Experience—Accountability Mechanisms and Challenges. Communal Accountability. Directly Deliberative Accountability. Horizontal Accountability. Hierarchical Accountability. Accountability in Learning Processes. Accountability Through the Market. Human Rights in Development. No Development Without a Strong State. What Is a Strong State?. Development and Human Rights. Human Rights. Human Development. Human Security. Conclusion: Zwelethemba’s Hope. A Road Block and Beyond?. References. Appendix. Index.

O autorze

Jan Froestad is an Associate Professor at the Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen Norway.

Clifford Shearing is the Director of Centre of Criminology, Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town.