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The Politics of Violence in Latin America
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Edited by:
Pablo Policzer
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With contributions by:
Michelle Bonner
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English
Published/Copyright:
2019
About this book
Latin America is one of the most violent regions in the world. It has suffered waves of repressive authoritarian rule, organized armed insurgency and civil war, violent protest, and ballooning rates of criminal violence. But is violence hard-wired into Latin America? This is a critical reassessment of the ways in which violence in Latin America is addressed and understood. Previous approaches have relied on structural perspectives, attributing the problem of violence to Latin America's colonial past or its conflictual contemporary politics. Bringing together scholars and practitioners, this volume argues that violence is often rooted more in contingent outcomes than in deeply embedded structures. Addressing topics ranging from the root sources of violence in Haiti to kidnapping in Colombia, from the role of property rights in patterns of violence to the challenges of peacebuilding, The Politics of Violence in Latin America is an essential step towards understanding the causes and contexts of violence-and changing the mechanisms that produce it.
Author / Editor information
Policzer Pablo :
Pablo Policzer is an associate professor of Political Science and Director of the Latin American Research Centre at the University of Calgary. He is the author of The Rise and Fall of Repression in Chile, a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title and winner of the CPSA Award for Best Book in Canadian Comparative politics.
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Masterfully edited. In interrogating the causes and consequences of violence, the volume offers a rebuke to fatalism and predeterminism. Instead, by critically examining the emergent properties of violence, the volume shines a light on the remarkable possibilities of human agency, resistance and resilience.
- Robert Muggah, Co-Founder and Research Director, Igarapé Institute
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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
July 15, 2019
eBook ISBN:
9781552389089
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
266
Illustrations:
6
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Figures, b/w photo, map, notes, index
eBook ISBN:
9781552389089
Keywords for this book
Violence; violent crime; state violence; violent kidnapping; kidnapping; murder; civil war; Latin American war; structural violence; colonial violence; structural perspectives; contingent perspectives; peacemaking; Brazil; Haiti; Mexio; Chile; Colombia; Caribbean
Audience(s) for this book
Professional and scholarly;
