The Legitimacy of Political Violence?: the Case of Latin America
Author: Ronald Berg
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 30
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Author: Ronald Berg
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 30
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Published: 1988
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: University of Massachusetts. International Area Studies Programs
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Published: 1988
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Carmen Diana Deere
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 642
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ronald H. Berg
Publisher: [Amherst] : International Area Studies Programs, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 42
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kirsten Howarth
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2016-03-10
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 1498507204
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis edited collection explores the politics of crime and violence in Latin America through both theoretical reflections as well as several detailed case studies based on empirical, primary research. Its overall aim is to explore common misperceptions and simplifications which are often found in political discourses, policy documentation, as well as some academic work. These simplifications include a focus on gangs, narrow understandings of organized criminal groups and the knock-on effect that such a focus has on policy making. Instead, the chapters in this book shift the reader’s gaze to more structural explanations and analytical approaches, moving them towards an understanding of how wider historical, economic, cultural and even psychological issues impact the complex relationships between crime, violence, and politics in the region. The detailed case studies also allow for a unique comparative analysis of problems faced throughout the region. While significant differences exist, analysis of the case studies reveals common issues, problems, and debates between countries (including structural violence, militarization, and neo-liberalism). These “golden threads” reveal not only the complexity of crime and violence in the region but also expose the failure of the overly simple “gangsterism” discourse found elsewhere. Finally, and importantly, several of the chapters explore the politics of policy making in relation to these problems, shedding light on the complex reasons for policy failures and highlighting innovative opportunities for change. Whilst shedding light on current problems in the region the book also offers a range of analytical approaches for exploring other cases where crime, violence, and politics collide.
Author: Peter Lambert
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2006-11-27
Total Pages: 251
ISBN-13: 0230601723
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Author: Gema Santamaría
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2017-02-21
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 0806158816
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAccording 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.
Author: Jörg Le Blanc
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2013-01-16
Total Pages: 355
ISBN-13: 1443845620
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPolitical Violence in Latin America offers the reader an exceptional analysis of the dynamics of social revolutionary conflicts. In an original comparison of three case studies, the book explores the development of political violence throughout episodes of social conflict. By applying social movement theory, the study reconstructs in detail the insurgent campaigns of the Argentinean Montoneros, the Colombian M-19 and the Nicaraguan FSLN, and analyzes the development of violence, paying special attention to societal influences on the conflicts. The analysis and argument are based on rich empirical material: reflections of key actors to the conflicts and vast archival material, providing a strong historical account and bringing new details of the conflicts to light. In exploring the middle phases of social conflicts, this book lays a cornerstone for further investigations into processes of political violence. Political Violence in Latin America is recommended reading for all interested in modern Latin American history and in social conflicts.
Author: Eugenia Allier-Montaño
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-01-12
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 113752734X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the struggles that unfolded in Latin America over the memory of the pasts of political violence experienced by the countries of the continent in the second half of the twentieth century: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the United States, Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.