Enrique Desmond Arias

Criminal Enterprises and Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Produktbeschreibung

Through an examination of violent neighborhoods this book shows how criminals affect local politics in Colombia, Brazil, and Jamaica.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 615g
• ISBN-13: 9781107153936
• ISBN-10: 110715393X
• Artikelnr.: 45153376

Autorenporträt

Enrique Desmond Arias is Associate Professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, Virginia. He authored Drugs and Democracy in Rio de Janeiro (2006) and co-edited Violent Democracies in Latin America (with Daniel M. Goldstein, 2010). He has published in Comparative Politics, the Latin American Research Review, Qualitative Sociology, Latin American Politics and Society, and Studies in Comparative International Development.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Conflict and governance patterns in Latin America and the Caribbean
1. Constellations of governance: theoretical approaches to micro-level armed regimes
2. Poverty, popular incorporation, and armed groups in Latin America and the Caribbean
3. The structure of micro-level armed regimes
4. Security systems in areas subject to micro-level armed regimes
5. Armed groups, civil society, and social mobilization
6. The impact of armed dominance on elections
7. Policy process amid armed organizations
Conclusion. Things change (and they stay the same): understanding the politics of micro-level armed regimes
Bibliography
Index.