1st Edition
Encounters with Violence in Latin America Urban Poor Perceptions from Colombia and Guatemala
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Latin America is both the world's most urbanized fastest developing regions, where the links between social exclusion, inequality and violence are clearly visible. The banal, ubiquitous nature of drug crime, robbery, gang and intra-family violence destabilizes countries' economies and harms their people and social structures. Encounters with Violence & Crime in Latin America explores the... Read more
List of figures. List of tables. 1. Urban violence as a contested domain 2. Toward a policy-relevant positioning of violence: the role of participatory research methodologies 3. The multiple complexity of daily violence in urban Colombian and Guatemalan communities 4. Community perceptions of the structural factors underlying political and economic violence 5. The family as a violent institution and the primary site of social violence 6. Substance abuse-linked violence relating to drug and alcohol consumption 7. Organized violence at the community level 8. Violence, social institutions and social capital in communities 9. Avoiding or confronting violence? Community perceptions of strategies and solutions Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Cathy McIlwaine, Caroline Moser
