Johannesburg. Pubblico oggi un articolo in inglese scritto dal prof. Peter Alexander,

Una rappresentazione visuale dell'intensità delle proteste in Sudafrica
il capo del centro di ricerca South African Research Chair in Social Change (cattedra di ricerca sul cambiamento sociale), nonché mio diretto datore di lavoro. Si tratta di un primo tentativo di diffusione di dati sulle proteste sociali in Sudafrica, che lui ha giustamente definito “The rebellion of the poor” (la rivolta dei poveri). Anche senza traduzione l’articolo si può seguire soprattutto facendo riferimento alle tavole riassuntive.
Protests and Police Statistics: Some Commentary
Prof. Peter Alexander
(South African Research Chair in Social Change, University of Johannesburg)
23 March 2012
On 19 March the Minister of Police, Mr. Nathi Mthetwa, informed parliament about the number of ‘crowd management incidents’ that occurred during the three years from 1 April 2009.[1] Table 1, compares the new data with similar statistics for the preceding five years.
Table 1. Crowd management incidents[2]
|
Peaceful
|
Unrest
|
Total
|
| 2004/05 |
7,382
|
622
|
8,004
|
| 2005/06 |
9,809
|
954
|
10,763
|
| 2006/07 |
8,703
|
743
|
9,446
|
| 2007/08 |
6,431
|
705
|
7,136
|
| 2008/09 |
6,125
|
718
|
6,843
|
| 2009/10 |
7,897
|
1,008
|
8,905
|
| 2010/11 |
11,681
|
973
|
12,654
|
| 2011/12[3] |
9,942
|
1,091
|
11,033
|
In 2010/11 there was a record number of crowd management incidents (unrest and peaceful), and the final data for 2011/12 are likely to show an even higher figure.[4] Already, the number of gatherings involving unrest was higher in 2011/12 than any previous year. During the last three years, 2009-12, there has been an average of 2.9 unrest incidents per day. This is an increase of 40 percent over the average of 2.1 unrest incidents per day recorded for 2004-09. The statistics show that what has been called the Rebellion of the Poor has intensified over the past three years. Leggi il resto dell’articolo
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