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...
Three parallel wars were fought in the latter half of the twentieth century in El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. This fascinating study of the "guerrilla generation" is based on in-depth interviews with both guerrilla comandantes and political and military leaders of the time. Dirk Kruijt analyzes the dreams and achievements, the successes and failures, the utopias and dystopias of an entire Central American generation and its leaders. "Guerrillas" ranges widely, from the guerrilla movement's origins in poverty, oppression and exclusion; its tactics in warfare; the ill-fated experiment...
Three parallel wars were fought in the latter half of the twentieth century in El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. This fascinating study of the ...
Presents a study of the 'guerilla generation' based on interviews with both guerilla comandantes and political and military leaders. This book describes: the guerilla movement's origins in poverty, oppression and exclusion; its tactics in warfare; and the subsequent 'normalisation' of guerilla movements within democratic societies.
Presents a study of the 'guerilla generation' based on interviews with both guerilla comandantes and political and military leaders. This book describ...
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...
Providing the definitive oral history of the Cuban revolution, Cuba and Revolutionary Latin America tells the powerful story of Cuba's struggle for liberation from the Batista dictatorship, its transition to socialism, and its evolving relationship with the rest of Latin American and the Caribbean. Drawing on a vast array of original testimonies, including interviews with more than seventy Cuban officials and former combatants, Dirk Kruijt examines the pivotal role of veterans and the post-revolution fidelista generation in shaping Cuba. He also reveals the untold story of the...
Providing the definitive oral history of the Cuban revolution, Cuba and Revolutionary Latin America tells the powerful story of Cuba's struggle...
Providing the definitive oral history of the Cuban revolution, Cuba and Revolutionary Latin America tells the powerful story of Cuba's struggle for liberation from the Batista dictatorship, its transition to socialism, and its evolving relationship with the rest of Latin American and the Caribbean. Drawing on a vast array of original testimonies, including interviews with more than seventy Cuban officials and former combatants, Dirk Kruijt examines the pivotal role of veterans and the post-revolution fidelista generation in shaping Cuba. He also reveals the untold story of the...
Providing the definitive oral history of the Cuban revolution, Cuba and Revolutionary Latin America tells the powerful story of Cuba's struggle...
