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Loving the Alien? Citizenship, Law, and the Future in South Africa’s Demonic Society
This article written by Professor Loren Landau makes sense of the violence with reference to an extended history of South African statecraft that both induced the conflict and hamstrung efforts to address it.
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Violence, Labour and the Displacement of Zimbabweans in De Doorns, Western Cape
Written by Dr. Jean Pierre Misago, this policy brief provides a summarised analysis of causal factors, police responses and solutions adopted and/or proposed in relation to violence.
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Who to Blame and What’s to Gain? Reflections on Space, State, and Violence in Kenya and South Africa
In both countries, (Kenya and South Africa) the police’s inability or unwillingness to stem the violence raised the question of “who controls the streets?” Answering this question means addressing what contemporary ethnic and xenophobic violence says about the nature of African society and states, as well as the security of those ostensibly depending on them for protection. This article was written by Professor Loren Landau and Dr. Jean Pierre Misago.
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Towards Tolerance, Law, and Dignity: Addressing Violence against Foreign Nationals in South Africa
In this report, Dr. Jean Pierre Misago, Professor Loren Landau and Tamlyn Monson present findings of a baseline study commissioned by IOM. Its main objective was to move beyond much of the existing work that focused largely on attitudes and perceptions.
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Humanitarian Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons in South Africa: Lessons Learned Following Attacks on Foreign Nationals in May 2008
Written by Vicki Igglesden, Tamlyn Monson and Tara Polzer, this report documents civil society and government’s humanitarian responses to the displacement of thousands of people in South Africa as a result of the widespread attacks against foreigners in May 2008.
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Go Home Or Die Here: Violence, Xenophobia, and the Reinvention of Difference in South Africa.
Professor Loren Landau contributed a chapter in the book Go Home or Die Here: Violence, Xenophobia and the Reinvention of Difference in South Africa. The book emanates directly from the colloquium. It hopes to make sense of the nuances and trajectories of building a democratic society out of a deeply divided and conflictual past in the conditions of global recession.
