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The politics of violence in Latin America /
"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 reasses...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Calgary, Alberta :
University of Calgary Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Latin American and Caribbean series ;
no. 15. |
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "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."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 256 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781552389072 1552389073 1552389081 1552389065 155238909X 1552389103 9781552389089 9781552389065 9781552389096 9781552389102 |
| ISSN: | 1925-9638 ; |
| Access: | Access restricted to LAC onsite clients. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (University of Calgary Press Web site; viewed 06/05/2020). |