Resisting Extortion - Victims, Criminals, and States in Latin America

Sommario

Part I. Resistance to criminal extortion: 1. Introduction; 2. Explaining variation in resistance to criminal extortion; Part II. Everyday resistance and piecemeal vigilantism; 3. Everyday resistance; 4. Piecemeal vigilantism; Part III. Collective vigilantism and the co-production of order: 5. Collective vigilantism; 6. The co-production of order; 7. Summing Up and Next Steps.

Info autore

Eduardo Moncada is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University. He is the author of Cities, Business and the Politics of Urban Violence in Latin America (2016) and co-editor of Inside Countries: Subnational Research in Comparative Politics (2019). His research has been supported by the American Council of Learned Societies, the Ford Foundation Fellowship Program and the National Academy of Sciences.

Riassunto

Using ethnographic data gathered in violent locations across Latin America, Eduardo Moncada shares new insights into the widespread problem of criminal extortion. Despite living in settings where states cannot or will not enforce the rule of law, victims of crime find different ways to fight back.

Testo aggiuntivo

'This is a powerful, agenda-setting book about societal resistance to criminal extortion in Latin America. Based on impressive multi-method and multi-sited fieldwork, Moncada masterfully identifies and explains different paths of resistance, including everyday forms of resistance, vigilantism, and/or coproduction of order. Victims of extortion respond strategically to subnational conditions, particularly variations in criminal's time horizons; local political economies and corresponding level of collective action; and criminal capture of the police. Resisting Extortion is a pathbreaking book not only because of its theoretical apparatus and rich conceptual innovation but also because of its highly original fieldwork and deep ethnographic sensibility.' Deborah Yashar, Professor of Politics & International Affairs, Princeton University

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Eduardo Moncada, Eduardo (Barnard College Moncada, Moncada Eduardo
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781108843386
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84338-6
• Pagine: 300
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Political science & theory, Comparative Politics, Legal aspects of criminology, Sociology & anthropology, Political science and theory, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Sociology and anthropology, Criminology: legal aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity