In this volume, Latin Americanist scholars explore the recent evidence relating to the ways in which partial state failure in the continent is interacting with new types of organized violence, thereby undermining the process of democratic consolidation that has characterized Latin America over the past two decades. This 'new violence' stems - as this book's case studies from Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil and other countries, including El Salvador, show - from a heterogeneous variety of social actors including drug mafias, peasant militias and urban gangs (collectively referred...
In this volume, Latin Americanist scholars explore the recent evidence relating to the ways in which partial state failure in the continent is interac...
In this volume, Latin Americanist scholars explore the recent evidence relating to the ways in which partial state failure in the continent is interacting with new types of organized violence, thereby undermining the process of democratic consolidation that has characterized Latin America over the past two decades. This 'new violence' stems - as this book's case studies from Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil and other countries, including El Salvador, show - from a heterogeneous variety of social actors including drug mafias, peasant militias and urban gangs (collectively referred...
In this volume, Latin Americanist scholars explore the recent evidence relating to the ways in which partial state failure in the continent is interac...
Latin America is in the grip of a double challenge--coping with what may be the worst economic crisis since the 1930s and the huge problems of poverty and inequality this has produced, while simultaneously consolidating its democratic transition, trying to recover from the traumas of many years of authoritarian rule and state terror. This superb collection of original scholarship and historical and analytical overviews examines a subject that has received too little attention--the legacy of past conflict, violence and terror in all the most important countries of South and Central America....
Latin America is in the grip of a double challenge--coping with what may be the worst economic crisis since the 1930s and the huge problems of poverty...
This edited collection interprets and assesses the transformation of Brazil under the Workers' Party. It addresses the extent of the changes the Workers' Party has brought about and examines how successful these have been, as well as how continuity and social change in Brazil have affected key domains of economy, society, and politics.
This edited collection interprets and assesses the transformation of Brazil under the Workers' Party. It addresses the extent of the changes the Worke...
Even as violent crime has declined worldwide in recent decades, Latin American cities have remained dangerous they are now among the most violent in the world. This book brings together a stellar roster of contributors to look at the causes and consequences, as well as the possible solutions to the problem of urban violence in Latin America. Using a framework of fragility and resilience, the contributors explore the ways that rapid urbanization with its accompanying poverty and exclusion has combined with the wide availability of firearms and a relatively young population to contribute...
Even as violent crime has declined worldwide in recent decades, Latin American cities have remained dangerous they are now among the most violent in t...
Even as violent crime has declined worldwide in recent decades, Latin American cities have remained dangerous they are now among the most violent in the world. This book brings together a stellar roster of contributors to look at the causes and consequences, as well as the possible solutions to the problem of urban violence in Latin America. Using a framework of fragility and resilience, the contributors explore the ways that rapid urbanization with its accompanying poverty and exclusion has combined with the wide availability of firearms and a relatively young population to contribute...
Even as violent crime has declined worldwide in recent decades, Latin American cities have remained dangerous they are now among the most violent in t...
