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Through an analysis of the ‘don’ system in Jamaica, Rivke Jaffe explores alternatives concepts of citizenships. She argues that new definitions of belonging to a political community, and the rights and responsibilities associated with these memberships, can take shape within a shifting spatial logic of government and ambiguous frames of legitimacy and morality. She calls for a deeper focus on the role of sovereigns that stand outside the state, yet may function as legitimate sources of citizenship rights, meanings and practices.
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Explores alternatives concepts of citizenships, such as the ‘don’ system in Jamaica
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Jaffe, R. Crime and Insurgent Citizenship: Extra-state rule and belonging in urban Jamaica. Development 55, 219–223 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2012.10
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