Sarah Jane Cooper-Knock
Biographic Data
| ID | 3827675 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Jane Cooper-Knock |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah Jane |
| FAMILY NAME | Cooper-Knock |
| SIGNATURE | COOPER-KNOCK S J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford, UK; University of Edinburgh, UK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Government paper
This introduction provides the rationale for a fresh look at an apparently obvious phenomenon – the production and life of state documents. Whilst ethnographies of statehood have multiplied in recent years, we focus on an underexplored avenue of inquiry: the role played by pieces of paper in constituting modern bureaucratic states. To date, attempts to map out this area of study have focused predominantly on the discourse and semiotics of state d…
Continuity, Change and Crisis
Significantly, two of the books under review make reference in their title to a ‘crisis’. This reflects a change in the tenor of academic and popular discussions of South Africa in recent years, nu
Between vigilantism and bureaucracy
To date, much of the analytical scholarship on policing in Africa has centred on non-state actors. In doing so, it risks neglecting state actors and statehood, which must be understood on their own terms as well as through the eyes of the people they supposedly serve. This article seeks to develop our theoretical and empirical understanding in this respect by exploring the contexts in which citizens seek to engage state police in Nigeria and Sout…
Between vigilantism and bureaucracy
To date, much of the analytical scholarship on policing in Africa has centred on non-state actors. In doing so, it risks neglecting state actors and statehood, which must be understood on their own terms as well as through the eyes of the people they supposedly serve. This article seeks to develop our theoretical and empirical understanding in this respect by exploring the contexts in which citizens seek to engage state police in Nigeria and Sout…
Continuity, Change and Crisis
Significantly, two of the books under review make reference in their title to a ‘crisis’. This reflects a change in the tenor of academic and popular discussions of South Africa in recent years, nu
Between vigilantism and bureaucracy
To date, much of the analytical scholarship on policing in Africa has centred on non-state actors. In doing so, it risks neglecting state actors and statehood, which must be understood on their own terms as well as through the eyes of the people they supposedly serve. This article seeks to develop our theoretical and empirical understanding in this respect by exploring the contexts in which citizens seek to engage state police in Nigeria and Sout…
Continuity, Change and Crisis
Significantly, two of the books under review make reference in their title to a ‘crisis’. This reflects a change in the tenor of academic and popular discussions of South Africa in recent years, nu
Government paper
This introduction provides the rationale for a fresh look at an apparently obvious phenomenon – the production and life of state documents. Whilst ethnographies of statehood have multiplied in recent years, we focus on an underexplored avenue of inquiry: the role played by pieces of paper in constituting modern bureaucratic states. To date, attempts to map out this area of study have focused predominantly on the discourse and semiotics of state d…
Political science (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Action (physics (1 works) · Bureaucracy (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Cartography (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Crime control (1 works)