A savage order
Subtitle: how the world's deadliest countries can forge a path to security
By: Rachel Kleinfeld
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
ISBN-13: 9781101871997; 9781524746872
Subjects: Human security; Cross-cultural studies; Government policy; National security; Internal security; Violence; Prevention
Description: "The most violent places in the world today are not at war. More people have died in Mexico in recent years than in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. These parts of the world are instead buckling under a maelstrom of gangs, organized crime, political conflict, corruption, and state brutality. Such devastating violence can feel hopeless, yet some places—from Colombia to the Republic of Georgia—have been able to recover. In this powerfully argued and urgent book, Rachel Kleinfeld examines why some democracies, including our own, are crippled by extreme violence and how they can regain security. Drawing on fifteen years of study and firsthand field research—interviewing generals, former guerrillas, activists, politicians, mobsters, and law enforcement in countries around the world—Kleinfeld tells the stories of societies that successfully fought seemingly ingrained violence and offers penetrating conclusions about what must be done to build governments that are able to protect the lives of their citizens"--
Notes: Maps on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-455) and index.
Table of contents: title: The problem. Violence today; title: Privilege violence; title: Decivilization; title: The solution. Dirty deals; title: The middle class; title: Political movements; title: Politicians; title: Recivilization; title: Centralization and surveillance; title: Next steps. Society maintains the peace; title: What can we do?.