{"product_id":"don-dada-assessing-the-socio-economic-and-political-power-of-jamaicas-mafia-bosses-paperback","title":"Don Dada: Assessing the Socio-Economic and Political Power of Jamaica's Mafia Bosses - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDamion Keith Blake\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDon\u003cbr\u003eDada: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAssessing\u003cbr\u003ethe Socio-economic and Political Power of Jamaica's Mafia Bosses, \u003c\/i\u003eDamion Blake takes on a\u003cbr\u003econtroversial subject: the Jamaican don.\u003c\/p\u003e The Jamaican don is a non-state actor, \u003cbr\u003ea male figure, usually from the community in which he plays a leadership role, \u003cbr\u003eand who wields considerable power and control inside that nation's garrison\u003cbr\u003ecommunities. Garrisons in Jamaica are poor inner city communities characterized\u003cbr\u003eby homogeneous voting patterns for one of Jamaica's two major political\u003cbr\u003eparties: the People's National Party and the Jamaica Labour Party.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith revelatory insight, \u003ci\u003eDon Dada\u003c\/i\u003e explores the\u003cbr\u003emajor roles dons play in their communities and how the activities of these\u003cbr\u003enon-state criminal actors have influenced the governance process. Focussing on communities\u003cbr\u003ein the downtown metropolitan area of Kingston, the capital city, the book\u003cbr\u003einvestigates the evolution of the don from the 1960s to the present and their\u003cbr\u003eroles of security\/protection, social welfare, partisan mobilization, and law\u003cbr\u003eand order. Blake contends that dons have\u003cbr\u003eemerged as embedded governing authorities in Jamaican garrisons based on the\u003cbr\u003esocio-economic and political roles they carry out and puts forward a\u003cbr\u003epeace-building model to dissolve the power of dons and their gangs in Jamaica's\u003cbr\u003emarginal communities. \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 170\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751584268576,"sku":"9789766408930","price":56.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1db57458eed3593e98fc0451d9c7f908.webp?v=1779976380","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/don-dada-assessing-the-socio-economic-and-political-power-of-jamaicas-mafia-bosses-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}