Policing the Holy Nation

The State and Righteous Violence in Vanuatu

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18939732
AutoresK Rio (0000-0002-5055-4883, University of Bergen, autor de correspondencia), Knut M Rio
Año2011
Volumen81
Número1
Páginas51-71
Fecha de publicación2011-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOceania (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0029-8077 • E-ISSN: 1834-4461
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.1834-4461.2011.tb00093.x
OpenAlexW1991282800
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas25
Referencias citadas34

In Vanuatu, the police force has in recent years been strengthened by foreign government aid. AusAid and NZAid are heavily involved inside the police force, seeking to create ‘good governance’ and to shape Vanuatu's national developments. However, these measures also coincide with some other unexpected developments. Recent cases of violence, and especially of sorcery, have led the police to intervene in a quest for moral order. Police are becoming part of the articulation of new occult understandings of wealth and power. These developments are traced back partly to the history of colonial governance and the idea of righteous violence, but also to current restructurings of the Vanuatu state and growing Christian conceptions of Vanuatu as a holy nation

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