Violent democracies in Latin America
By: edited by Enrique Desmond Arias and Daniel M. Goldstein
Series: The cultures and practice of violence series; Cultures and practice of violence series
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Durham [NC]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780822346241; 9780822346388
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Violent pluralism : understanding the new democracies of Latin America / Enrique Desmond Arias and Daniel M. Goldstein; title: The political and economic origins of violence and insecurity in contemporary Latin America : past trajectories and future prospects / Diane E. Davis; title: End of discussion : violence, participatory democracy, and the limits of dissent in Colombia / Mary Roldán; title: Maintaining democracy in Colombia through political exclusion, states of exception, counterinsurgency, and dirty war / María Clemencia Ramírez; title: Clandestine connections : the political and relational makings of collective violence / Javier Auyero; title: "Living in a jungle" : state violence and perceptions of democracy in Buenos Aires / Ruth Stanley; title: Organized violence, disorganized state / Lilian Bobea; title: Toward uncivil society: causes and consequences of violence in Rio de Janeiro / Robert Gay; title: Violence, democracy, and human rights in Latin America / Todd Landman; title: Conclusion : understanding violent pluralism / Enrique Desmond Arias.