{"product_id":"transformation-and-trouble-diana-gordon-9780472069149","title":"Transformation and Trouble: Crime, Justice and Participation in Democratic South Africa","description":"\u003cbr\u003eCrime is one of the major challenges to any new democracy. Violence often increases after the lifting of authoritarian control, or in the aftermath of regime change. But how can a fledgling democracy fight crime without violating the fragile rights of its citizens? In \u003ci\u003eTransformation and Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e, accomplished theorist and criminal justice scholar Diana Gordon critically examines South Africa's efforts to strike the perilous balance between democratic participation and social control. \u003cbr\u003eSouth Africa has made great progress in pursuing the Western ideals of participatory justice and due process. Yet Gordon finds that popular concerns about crime have fostered the growth of a punitive criminal justice system that undermines the country's rights-oriented political culture. \u003ci\u003eTransformation and Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e calls for South Africa to reaffirm its commitment to public empowerment by reforming its criminal justice system-an approach, she argues, that would strengthen the country's new democracy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An eloquent, critical, but ultimately optimistic, analysis of the democratization of crime and justice in post-apartheid South Africa.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Bill Dixon, School of Criminology, Education, Sociology and Social Work, Keele University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A must read for understanding contemporary South Africa's agonizing dilemmas as it struggles to reconcile crime control with democratic values.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Jerome H. Skolnick, New York University School of Law \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gordon's vast experience with criminal justice illuminates her cautionary tale of the search for a new way in south Africa.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Paul Chevigny, New York University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiana Gordon is Professor Emerita of Political Science and Senior Research Scholar, City University of New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diana Gordon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472069144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472069149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.38w x 1.05d","brand":"Diana Gordon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48064991035647,"sku":"9780472069149","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2492a99f-f5a8-4796-9daa-cc333ac773b1.jpg?v=1768672407","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/transformation-and-trouble-diana-gordon-9780472069149","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}