Armed Actors
Organised Violence and State Failure in Latin America
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Author
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.
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