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Informationen zum Autor Enrique Desmond Arias is Associate Professor of Political Science at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, and in the Doctoral Program in Criminal Justice at the Graduate Center, CUNY.Daniel M. Goldstein is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Klappentext Collection asks why, despite the democratization of Latin American societies, multiple forms of violence have proliferated in recent years, exploring how various actors use violence to contest ideas of order, rights, citizenship, and justice. Zusammenfassung A collection exploring how individuals and institutions in contemporary Latin American democracies use violence to impose and contest notions of order! rights! citizenship! and justice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments vii Violent Pluralism: Understanding the New Democracies of Latin America / Enrique Desmond Arias and Daniel M. Goldstein 1 The Political and Economic Origins of Violence and Insecurity in Contemporary Latin America: Past Trajectories and Future Prospects / Diane E. Davis 35 End of Discussion: Violence, Participatory Democracy, and the Limits of Dissent in Colombia / Mary Roldán 63 Maintaining Democracy in Colombia through Political Exclusion, States of Exception, Counterinsurgency, and Dirty War / María Clemencia Ramírez 84 Clandestine Connections: The Political and Relational Makings of Collective Violence / Javier Auyero 108 "Living in a Jungle": State Violence and Perceptions of Democracy in Buenos Aires / Ruth Stanley 133 Organized Violence, Disorganized State / Lilian Bobea 161 Toward Uncivil Society: Causes and Consequences of Violence in Rio de Janeiro / Robert Gay 201 Violence, Democracy, and Human Rights in Latin America / Todd Landman 226 Conclusion: Understanding Violent Pluralism / Enrique Desmond Arias 242 References 265 Contributors 299 Index 301...
