Politics and Violence in Central America and the Caribbean
Title | Politics and Violence in Central America and the Caribbean PDF eBook |
Author | Hannes Warnecke-Berger |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 2018-05-23 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 3319897829 |
This book develops a comparative study on violence in Jamaica, El Salvador, and Belize based on a theoretical approach, extensive field research, and in-depth empirical research. It combines the Caribbean and Central America into a single comparative research that explores the historical (from the conquista onwards) as well as contemporary causes of violence in these societies. The volume focuses on forms of violence such as gang violence, police violence, every day forms of violence, vigilantism, and organized crime. The analysis provides a theoretical perspective that bridges political economy as well as cultural approaches in violence research. As such, it will be of interest to readers studying development, violence, political, Central American, and Caribbean studies.
Politics and History of Violence and Crime in Central America
Title | Politics and History of Violence and Crime in Central America PDF eBook |
Author | Sebastian Huhn |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 2016-12-24 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 134995067X |
This book highlights historical explanations to and roots of present phenomena of violence, insecurity, and law enforcement in Central America. Violence and crime are among the most discussed topics in Central America today, and sensationalism and fear of crime is as present as the increase of private security, the re-militarization of law enforcement, political populism, and mano dura policies. The contributors to this volume discuss historical forms, paths, continuities, and changes of violence and its public and political discussion in the region. This book thus offers in-depth analysis of different patterns of violence, their reproduction over time, their articulation in the present, and finally their discursive mobilization.
Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean
Title | Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean PDF eBook |
Author | Tina Hilgers |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 311 |
Release | 2017-09-14 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1107193176 |
This volume examines violence across Latin America and the Caribbean to demonstrate the importance of subnational analysis over national aggregates.
The Politics of Violence in Latin America
Title | The Politics of Violence in Latin America PDF eBook |
Author | Pablo Policzer |
Publisher | Latin American and Caribbean S |
Pages | 311 |
Release | 2019-07-15 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781552389065 |
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.
Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean
Title | Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean PDF eBook |
Author | Tina Hilgers |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 311 |
Release | 2017-09-14 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1107193176 |
This volume examines violence across Latin America and the Caribbean to demonstrate the importance of subnational analysis over national aggregates.
The Politics of Violence in Latin America
Title | The Politics of Violence in Latin America PDF eBook |
Author | Pablo Policzer |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Violence |
ISBN | 9781552389096 |
"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."--
Violence and Crime in Latin America
Title | Violence and Crime in Latin America PDF eBook |
Author | Gema Santamaría |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2017-02-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0806158816 |
According to media reports, Latin America is one of the most violent regions in the world—a distinction it held throughout the twentieth century. The authors of Violence and Crime in Latin America contend that perceptions and representations of violence and crime directly impact such behaviors, creating profound consequences for the political and social fabric of Latin American nations. Written by distinguished scholars of Latin American history, sociology, anthropology, and political science, the essays in this volume range from Mexico and Argentina to Colombia and Brazil in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, addressing such issues as extralegal violence in Mexico, the myth of indigenous criminality in Guatemala, and governments’ selective blindness to violent crime in Brazil and Jamaica. The authors in this collection examine not only the social construction and political visibility of violence and crime in Latin America, but the justifications for them as well. Analytically and historically, these essays show how Latin American citizens have sanctioned criminal and violent practices and incorporated them into social relations, everyday practices, and institutional settings. At the same time, the authors explore the power struggles that inform distinctions between illegitimate versus legitimate violence. Violence and Crime in Latin America makes a substantive contribution to understanding a key problem facing Latin America today. In its historical depth and ethnographic reach, this original and thought-provoking volume enhances our understanding of crime and violence throughout the Western Hemisphere.