Crime, community and the governance of violence in post-apartheid South Africa

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2008

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Taylor and Francis Group

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The South African government has embarked on a programme ofencouraging social cohesion in South Africa first to address concerns stemmingfrom high levels of violent crime which characterise the society, and second, tofoster positive national identity in a complex, heterogeneous, racialised andstratified nation. Through a discussion of the impact of violent crime on emergentforms of community, this paper argues that the practices of communities evolvingin the post-apartheid period show tendencies toward fragmentation rather thanunification, undermining efforts of �nation-building�.

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Crime, Apartheid, South Africa, Politics, Race

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Pillay, S. (2008). Crime, community and the governance of violence in post-apartheid South Africa. Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies, 35 (2) , 141-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/02589340802366943

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https://doi.org/10.1080/02589340802366943
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