Contributions

  • Kees Koonings (Editor) - Contributor
  • Dirk Kruijt (Editor) - Contributor

Publication

2004-12-23 - Zed Books

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781842774441
  • ISBN-101842774441
  • Better World Books9781842774441
  • Open LibraryOL8927661M

Classifications

  • LCCHN110.5.Z9V5213 2004

Description

This volume explores recent evidence of how partial state failure in Latin America interacts with new forms of organized violence, undermining the democratic consolidations of the past two decades. This 'new violence' stems from a variety of social actors: drug mafias, peasant militias and urban gangs, the socalled actores armadas, and include state-related actors like the police, military intelligence agencies and paramilitary forces. The results include both 'governance voids' - domains where the legitimate state is effectively absent - and the erosion of the capacity and willingness of stat.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Armed ActorsHardcoverZed Books2004-12-23

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