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Societies of Fear - The Legacy of Civil War, Violence and Terror in Latin America (Hardcover)
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Societies of Fear - The Legacy of Civil War, Violence and Terror in Latin America (Hardcover)
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As cities sprawl across Latin America, absorbing more and more of
its people, crime and violence have become inescapable. From the
paramilitary invasion of Medell!n in Colombia, the booming wealth
of crack dealers in Managua, Nicaragua and police corruption in
Mexico City, to the glimmers of hope in Lima, this book provides a
dynamic analysis of urban insecurity. Based on new empirical
evidence, interviews with local people and historical
contextualization, the authors attempts to shed light on the
fault-lines which have appeared in Latin American society.
Neoliberal economic policy, it is argued, has intensified the gulf
between elites, insulated in gated estates monitored by private
security firms, and the poor, who are increasingly mistrustful of
state-sponsored attempts to impose order on their slums. Rather
than the current trend towards government withdrawal, the situation
can only be improved by co-operation between communities and police
to build new networks of trust. In the end, violence and insecurity
are inseparable from social justice and democracy.
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