Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa,Adam Ashfort

University of Chicago Press

The Nature of Diversity An Evolutionary Voyage of Discovery\nby Adam Ashforth\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Adam Ashforth\nTitle: The Nature of Diversity An Evolutionary Voyage of Discovery\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Political structures: democracy\nPublisher: University of Chicago Press\nPublication year: 2005\nISBN-13: 9780226029740\nISBN-10: 0226029743\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nHow does democracy fare when the people governed insist they live in a world with witches? If the government of a people afflicted by witchcraft refuses to punish witches, how does it avoid becoming alienated from the perceived needs of its people or, worse, seen as being in league with witches? In Soweto, South Africa, the constant threat of violent crime, the increase in black soc.