Violent Democracies In Latin America
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Violent Democracies In Latin America
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Author : Enrique Desmond Arias
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2010-03-19
Violent Democracies In Latin America written by Enrique Desmond Arias and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-19 with History categories.
Despite recent political movements to establish democratic rule in Latin American countries, much of the region still suffers from pervasive violence. From vigilantism, to human rights violations, to police corruption, violence persists. It is perpetrated by state-sanctioned armies, guerillas, gangs, drug traffickers, and local community groups seeking self-protection. The everyday presence of violence contrasts starkly with governmental efforts to extend civil, political, and legal rights to all citizens, and it is invoked as evidence of the failure of Latin American countries to achieve true democracy. The contributors to this collection take the more nuanced view that violence is not a social aberration or the result of institutional failure; instead, it is intimately linked to the institutions and policies of economic liberalization and democratization. The contributors—anthropologists, political scientists, sociologists, and historians—explore how individuals and institutions in Latin American democracies, from the rural regions of Colombia and the Dominican Republic to the urban centers of Brazil and Mexico, use violence to impose and contest notions of order, rights, citizenship, and justice. They describe the lived realities of citizens and reveal the historical foundations of the violence that Latin America suffers today. One contributor examines the tightly woven relationship between violent individuals and state officials in Colombia, while another contextualizes violence in Rio de Janeiro within the transnational political economy of drug trafficking. By advancing the discussion of democratic Latin American regimes beyond the usual binary of success and failure, this collection suggests more sophisticated ways of understanding the challenges posed by violence, and of developing new frameworks for guaranteeing human rights in Latin America. Contributors: Enrique Desmond Arias, Javier Auyero, Lilian Bobea, Diane E. Davis, Robert Gay, Daniel M. Goldstein, Mary Roldán, Todd Landman, Ruth Stanley, María Clemencia Ramírez
Criminal Enterprises And Governance In Latin America And The Caribbean
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Author : Enrique Desmond Arias
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-03-30
Criminal Enterprises And Governance In Latin America And The Caribbean written by Enrique Desmond Arias and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-30 with Political Science categories.
Through an examination of violent neighborhoods this book shows how criminals affect local politics in Colombia, Brazil, and Jamaica.
Crime And Violence In Latin America
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Author : H. Hugo Frühling
language : en
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Release Date : 2003-06-02
Crime And Violence In Latin America written by H. Hugo Frühling and has been published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-06-02 with History categories.
Offers timely discussion by attorneys, government officials, policy analysts, and academics from the United States and Latin America of the responses of the state, civil society, and the international community to threats of violence and crime.
The Politics Of Violence In Latin America
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Author : Pablo Policzer
language : en
Publisher: Latin American and Caribbean S
Release Date : 2019-07-15
The Politics Of Violence In Latin America written by Pablo Policzer and has been published by Latin American and Caribbean S this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-15 with Political Science categories.
Latin America is one of the most violent regions in the world. It has suffered waves of repressive authoritarian rule, organized armed insurgency and civil war, violent protest, and ballooning rates of criminal violence. But is violence hard wired into Latin America? This is a critical reassessment of the ways in which violence in Latin America is addressed and understood. Previous approaches have relied on structural perspectives, attributing the problem of violence to Latin America's colonial past or its conflictual contemporary politics. Bringing together scholars and practitioners, this volume argues that violence is often rooted more in contingent outcomes than in deeply embedded structures. Addressing topics ranging from the root sources of violence in Haiti to kidnapping in Colombia, from the role of property rights in patterns of violence to the challenges of peacebuilding, The Politics of Violence in Latin America is an essential step towards understanding the causes and contexts of violence-and changing the mechanisms that produce it.
The Violence Of Democracy
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Author : Ainhoa Montoya
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-05-12
The Violence Of Democracy written by Ainhoa Montoya and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-12 with Political Science categories.
This book offers novel insights about the ability of a democracy to accommodate violence. In El Salvador, the end of war has brought about a violent peace, one in which various forms of violence have become incorporated into Salvadorans’ imaginaries and enactments of democracy. Based on ethnographic research, The Violence of Democracy argues that war legacies and the country’s neoliberalization have enabled an intricate entanglement of violence and political life in postwar El Salvador. This volume explores various manifestations of this entanglement: the clandestine connections between violent entrepreneurs and political actors; the blurring of the licit and illicit through the consolidation of economies of violence; and the reenactment of latent wartime conflicts and political cleavages during postwar electoral seasons. The author also discusses the potential for grassroots memory work and a political party shift to foster hopeful visions of the future and, ultimately, to transform the country’s violent democracy.
Political Violence And The Construction Of National Identity In Latin America
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Author : Peter Lambert
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2006-11-27
Political Violence And The Construction Of National Identity In Latin America written by Peter Lambert and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-27 with Social Science categories.
This topical volume seeks to analyze the intimate but under-studied relationship between the construction of national identity in Latin America, and the violent struggle for political power that has defined Latin American history since independence. The result is an original, fascinating contribution to an increasingly important field of study.
Authoritarian Police In Democracy
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Author : Yanilda María González
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-11-12
Authoritarian Police In Democracy written by Yanilda María González and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-12 with Political Science categories.
Explains the persistence of violent, unaccountable policing in democratic contexts.
Fault Lines Of Democracy In Post Transition Latin America
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Author : Felipe Agüero
language : en
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Release Date : 1998
Fault Lines Of Democracy In Post Transition Latin America written by Felipe Agüero and has been published by Lynne Rienner Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Civil-Military Relations categories.
Concerns about democratization in Latin America today center not on the threat of authoritarian regression, but on the depth, quality, fairness, and completeness of democratization thus far. Large-scale economic and social reforms, stronger and more complex civil societies, and processes of integration and globalization call for new approaches in order to understand the unfolding of democracy in the region. In this context, the contributors to this volume explore the often disjunctive aspects of Latin American democracy, providing a nuanced understanding of contemporary democratic governance.
Democracy In Latin America
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Author : Robert G. Wesson
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1982
Democracy In Latin America written by Robert G. Wesson and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Political Science categories.
Drugs And Democracy In Rio De Janeiro
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Author : Enrique Desmond Arias
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2009-11-13
Drugs And Democracy In Rio De Janeiro written by Enrique Desmond Arias and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-13 with Political Science categories.
Taking an ethnographic approach to understanding urban violence, Enrique Desmond Arias examines the ongoing problems of crime and police corruption that have led to widespread misery and human rights violations in many of Latin America's new democracies. Employing participant observation and interview research in three favelas (shantytowns) in Rio de Janeiro over a nine-year period, Arias closely considers the social interactions and criminal networks that are at the heart of the challenges to democratic governance in urban Brazil. Much of the violence is the result of highly organized, politically connected drug dealers feeding off of the global cocaine market. Rising crime prompts repressive police tactics, and corruption runs deep in state structures. The rich move to walled communities, and the poor are caught between the criminals and often corrupt officials. Arias argues that public policy change is not enough to stop the vicious cycle of crime and corruption. The challenge, he suggests, is to build new social networks committed to controlling violence locally. Arias also offers comparative insights that apply this analysis to other cities in Brazil and throughout Latin America.