{"product_id":"shoot-to-kill-police-and-power-in-south-africa-9781776378791","title":"Shoot to Kill: Police and Power in South Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eShoot to Kill: Police and Power in South Africa is a vivid and ambitious survey of the complex politics of security, crime and social control in South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearly three decades after the formal end of apartheid, policing in South Africa continues to be defined by brutality, incompetence and corruption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than protecting communities and ensuring justice for victims, the state and private security often enforce cruel wealth, racial and gender\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einequities. As our society becomes less safe and more divided, Shoot to Kill: Police and Power in South Africa asks how did the South African Police\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eService (SAPS) become this way and are they our best chance for safety?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the slave-driver's whip in the 18th century Cape Colony to the dystopian armoured vehicles of our present, this book traces the secret\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehistory of the police through colonial wars, apartheid atrocities and hypercapitalist state capture. Featuring unapologetic critiques of elite power and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe stifling politics of fear, while informed by global discussions on police abolition, Shoot to Kill: Police and Power in South Africa calls for a society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebased on democracy and justice. Author Christopher McMichael speaks to the realities of our world increasingly defined by militarised injustice and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoutlines ways we can escape from this rusty cage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15630903\"\u003eChristopher McMichael\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Inkani Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781776378791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1776378792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS047000\"\u003eAfrica | South | Republic of South Africa\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL010000\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Theory | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL035000\"\u003ePolitical Freedom\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Inkani Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44448657178861,"sku":"9781776378791","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_3f047bc0-975a-459d-92af-c722d1378198.jpg?v=1700305034","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/shoot-to-kill-police-and-power-in-south-africa-9781776378791","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}