The Politics of Violence in Latin America

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dc.contributor.editorPoliczer, Pablo
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-04T14:42:04Z
dc.date.available2019-07-04T14:42:04Z
dc.date.copyright2019
dc.date.issued2019-07
dc.description.abstractLatin 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPoliczer, P. (Ed.). (2019). The politics of violence in Latin America. Calgary, AB: University of Calgary Press.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn20190053372
dc.identifier.isbn20190053402
dc.identifier.isbn9781552389065
dc.identifier.isbn9781552389072
dc.identifier.isbn9781552389089
dc.identifier.isbn9781552389096
dc.identifier.isbn9781552389102
dc.identifier.issn1498-2366
dc.identifier.issn1925-9638
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/110583
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/36703
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Calgary Pressen_US
dc.publisher.departmentLatin American Research Centreen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.urlhttp://press.ucalgary.ca/en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLatin American & Caribbean Studies/15en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en_US
dc.subjectPolitical Scienceen_US
dc.subjectSociologyen_US
dc.subjectLatin Americaen_US
dc.subjectViolenceen_US
dc.titleThe Politics of Violence in Latin Americaen_US
dc.typebooken_US
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