Hegemony, Security Infrastructures and the Politics of Crime - 9780367463267

Taylor & Francis

Hegemony, Security Infrastructures and the Politics of CrimeEveryday Experiences in South Africa\nAuthor(s): Gideon van Riet\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367463267, 978-0367463267\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the politics of crime and the response to it in Potchefstroom, a small settler colonial city in South Africa. It draws on the citys everyday practices and experiences to offer local bottom-up insights into security beyond the state.\n\nThe book provides a comprehensive understanding of security beyond the state and how security workers and residents experience and perceive their own security practices, their daily interactions with other security providers which influences power dynamics between those who express fear through various platforms and those deemed potential criminals. It aids in re-conceptualising violence and security governance in South Africa with a view to analysing the processes of cri.