Between the street and the state: Crime and citizenship in
Kingston, Jamaica   Wijzig Onderzoekgegevens  Titel Between the
street and the state: Crime and citizenship in Kingston, Jamaica
Looptijd 02 / 2010 - 01 / 2013 Status Afgesloten Onderzoeknummer
OND1337420 Leverancier gegevens NWO  Samenvatting (EN)  Until
recently, citizenship referred to the relationship between
nation-states and their citizens. Recent scholarship, however,
indicates the emergence of new and flexible forms and sites of
citizenship, related to transnational networks, supranational
institutions and social movements. Nation-states face a
situation where different governance structures compete for
citizens? allegiance. This proposed research studies through
what social, economic and political arrangements criminal
organizations take on a state-like role and become viable
governance structures, especially in marginalized urban areas
and amongst excluded social groups. Drawing on the emerging
field of the anthropology of the state, this re