Vigilantism and the State in Modern Latin America
Subtitle: Essays on Extralegal Violence
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: November 30, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780275934767
Subjects: Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle; Violence in society; Violence (Sociological Aspects); Political Science; Sociology; Politics/International Relations; South America; Criminology; Ethnic Studies - General; Government - Comparative; Political Science / Foreign Legal Systems; Death squads; Latin America; Vigilance committees; Violence
First sentence: Latin America's transition in the 1980s from military dictatorship to democracy has received much journalistic attention and some academic analysis.