Arias / Goldstein / Whitehead Violent Democracies in Latin America

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9203-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 333 Seiten

Reihe: The Cultures and Practice of Violence

A collection exploring how individuals and institutions in contemporary Latin American democracies use violence to impose and contest notions of order, rights, citizenship, and justice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arias, Enrique Desmond

Goldstein, Daniel M.

Whitehead, Neil L.

Fair, Jo Ellen

Payne, Leigh A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

Violent Pluralism: Understanding the New Democracies of Latin America / Enrique Desmond Arias and Daniel M. Goldstein 1

The Political and Economic Origins of Violence and Insecurity in Contemporary Latin America: Past Trajectories and Future Prospects / Diane E. Davis 35

End of Discussion: Violence, Participatory Democracy, and the Limits of Dissent in Colombia / Mary Roldán 63

Maintaining Democracy in Colombia through Political Exclusion, States of Exception, Counterinsurgency, and Dirty War / María Clemencia Ramírez 84

Clandestine Connections: The Political and Relational Makings of Collective Violence / Javier Auyero 108

"Living in a Jungle": State Violence and Perceptions of Democracy in Buenos Aires / Ruth Stanley 133

Organized Violence, Disorganized State / Lilian Bobea 161

Toward Uncivil Society: Causes and Consequences of Violence in Rio de Janeiro / Robert Gay 201

Violence, Democracy, and Human Rights in Latin America / Todd Landman 226

Conclusion: Understanding Violent Pluralism / Enrique Desmond Arias 242

References 265

Contributors 299

Index 301

Über Autor(innen)

Enrique Desmond Arias is Associate Professor of Political Science at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, and in the Doctoral Program in Criminal Justice at the Graduate Center, CUNY.Daniel M. Goldstein is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.