Hume Johnson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4451235 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hume Johnson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hume |
| FAMILY NAME | Johnson |
| SIGNATURE | JOHNSON H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waikato |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Brand Jamaica
Brand Jamaica
See and blind, hear and deaf’
Towards degarrisonisation in Jamaica
Performing protest in Jamaica
Contemporary citizen activism, especially street protests and demonstrations, can hardly be imagined without the mass media to amplify and sustain its message as well as mobilise a following and encourage support. The attendance of news media at the site of protest campaigns also exerts a powerful influence on their overall functioning and management and particularly on the performance of protestors. Using empirical data from Jamaica and drawing …
Jamaican Dons, Italian Godfathers and the Chances of a ‘Reversible Destiny
For close to 50 years, so-called ‘dons’ have positioned themselves as civic leaders in Jamaica, gaining acceptance among poor urban communities and (tacit) political recognition in the wider society. The dons' systematic, coercive organisation of the ghetto community and the counter-hegemonic, executive-style bureaucracy and culture entrenched here resembles the ‘godfather’-led criminal culture and power of the (Italian) Mafia. However, over the …
Incivility
This paper employs and scrutinizes Asef Bayat's theory of [the] ‘quiet encroachment’ of the ‘informal people’ in the Middle East to reflect on civility and governance in Jamaica. The central argument is that while the practices of the economically dispossessed represent rational ways to survive hardships and improve their lives, the alliance of members of Jamaica's informal sphere with ‘community dons’ flies in the face of civility and civic enga…
Incivility
This paper employs and scrutinizes Asef Bayat's theory of [the] ‘quiet encroachment’ of the ‘informal people’ in the Middle East to reflect on civility and governance in Jamaica. The central argument is that while the practices of the economically dispossessed represent rational ways to survive hardships and improve their lives, the alliance of members of Jamaica's informal sphere with ‘community dons’ flies in the face of civility and civic enga…
Jamaican Dons, Italian Godfathers and the Chances of a ‘Reversible Destiny
For close to 50 years, so-called ‘dons’ have positioned themselves as civic leaders in Jamaica, gaining acceptance among poor urban communities and (tacit) political recognition in the wider society. The dons' systematic, coercive organisation of the ghetto community and the counter-hegemonic, executive-style bureaucracy and culture entrenched here resembles the ‘godfather’-led criminal culture and power of the (Italian) Mafia. However, over the …
Incivility
This paper employs and scrutinizes Asef Bayat's theory of [the] ‘quiet encroachment’ of the ‘informal people’ in the Middle East to reflect on civility and governance in Jamaica. The central argument is that while the practices of the economically dispossessed represent rational ways to survive hardships and improve their lives, the alliance of members of Jamaica's informal sphere with ‘community dons’ flies in the face of civility and civic enga…
Performing protest in Jamaica
Contemporary citizen activism, especially street protests and demonstrations, can hardly be imagined without the mass media to amplify and sustain its message as well as mobilise a following and encourage support. The attendance of news media at the site of protest campaigns also exerts a powerful influence on their overall functioning and management and particularly on the performance of protestors. Using empirical data from Jamaica and drawing …
Jamaican Dons, Italian Godfathers and the Chances of a ‘Reversible Destiny
For close to 50 years, so-called ‘dons’ have positioned themselves as civic leaders in Jamaica, gaining acceptance among poor urban communities and (tacit) political recognition in the wider society. The dons' systematic, coercive organisation of the ghetto community and the counter-hegemonic, executive-style bureaucracy and culture entrenched here resembles the ‘godfather’-led criminal culture and power of the (Italian) Mafia. However, over the …
Towards degarrisonisation in Jamaica
See and blind, hear and deaf’
Brand Jamaica
Brand Jamaica
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