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Societies of Fear
The Legacy of Civil War, Violence and Terror in Latin America
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Bloomsbury Publishing Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P35185799
EAN: 9781856497664
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Beschreibung
As cities sprawl across Latin America, absorbing more and more of its people, crime and violence have become inescapable. From the paramilitary invasion of Medell¡n in Colombia, the booming wealth of crack dealers in Managua, Nicaragua and police corruption in Mexico City, to the glimmers of hope in Lima, this book provides a dynamic analysis of urban insecurity. Based on new empirical evidence, interviews with local people and historical contextualization, the authors attempts to shed light on the fault-lines which have appeared in Latin American society. Neoliberal economic policy, it is argued, has intensified the gulf between elites, insulated in gated estates monitored by private security firms, and the poor, who are increasingly mistrustful of state-sponsored attempts to impose order on their slums. Rather than the current trend towards government withdrawal, the situation can only be improved by co-operation between communities and police to build new networks of trust. In the end, violence and insecurity are inseparable from social justice and democracy.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Koonings Kees
- Kruijt Dirk
Erscheinungsjahr
- 1999
Format
- Buch (Hardcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 350