Reconfiguring State and Non-State Actors in the Provision of Safety in (South) Africa

In this article we seek to move beyond conventional understanding of the state as the central provider of security and justice to think in a broader way about what donors might do to improve policing. We take a critical look at the nature of the state in South Africa today with an emphasis on policing being delivered through pluralized arrangements of state and non-state actors. Given that non-state actors carry out most forms of ‘everyday policing’ (Buur and Jensen 2004), we address the question of how the South African state might best position itself in this plural world. We argue for a circumscribed role for the public police that can both complement and strengthen everyday policing arrangements. We further argue that this policing system, broadly defined, be ‘anchored’ (Loader and Walker, 2007) at the local level through a municipal structure of strategic planning and regulation. We suggest some implications of this framework for international donor funding

Business · Economic Justice · Law and economics · Plural · Political science · Position (finance · Public relations · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Public Administration · Finance

• The malleable character of brokerage and crime control

  Russell Brewer•Policing & Society•2015

  Incluir item

• Hybrid security governance in Africa

  Niagalé Bagayoko, Eboe Hutchful et al.•Conflict Security and Development•2016

  Incluir item

• Plural Policing

  Trevor Jones, Tim Newburn•Plural Policing•2006

  Incluir item

• Security

  Lucia Zedner•Security•2009

  Incluir item

• The Morphing of Peacekeeping

  David H Bayley•International Peacekeeping•2011

  Incluir item

• A nodal conception of governance

  Clifford Shearing•Policing & Society•2001

  Incluir item

• Foreign donor assistance and policing reform in South Africa

  Elrena Van Der Spuy•Policing & Society•2000

  Incluir item

• What strategies are viable for developing countries today? The World Trade Organization and the shrinking of ‘development space’

  R Wade, Robert Hunter Wade•Review of International Political…•2003

  Incluir item

• Plural Policing and Democratic Governance

  Open Access•Ian Loader•Social & Legal Studies•2000

  Incluir item

• Community Justice and Community Policing in Post-Apartheid South Africa

  Open Access•Wilfried Schärf•IDS Bulletin•2001

  Incluir item

• Governance without Government in Somalia

  Ken Menkhaus•International Security•2007

  Incluir item

• Policing for a New South Africa

  T Dunbar Moodie, Mike Brogden et al.•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1996

  Incluir item

• Issues in Realist Criminology

  Matthew Silberman, Roger Matthews et al.•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1994

  Incluir item

• Restorative Justice and the Regulatory State in South African Townships

  David Roche•The British Journal of Criminology•2002

  Incluir item

• Commentary

  Mike Brogden•African Affairs•2004

  Incluir item

• Africa

  Patrick Chabal•Africa•2009

  Incluir item

• Living with non-state policing in South Africa

  Open Access•B Baker•The Journal of Modern African…•2002

  Incluir item

• Globalising the Local

  Open Access•Bill Dixon•International Relations•2007

  Incluir item

• The Future of Policing

  Open Access•David H Bayley, Clifford D Shearing et al.•Law & Society Review•1996

  Incluir item

• Foreign Aid, Structural Adjustment, and Public Management

  Open Access•Marc Wuyts•Development and Change•1996

  Incluir item

• New Sites of Citizenship

  Helene Maria Kyed, L Buur•Journal of Southern African Studies•2006

  Incluir item