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Criminal Enterprises and Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean
Contributor(s): Arias, Enrique Desmond (Author)

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 ISBN: 110715393X     ISBN-13: 9781107153936
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $83.59  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | World - Caribbean & Latin American
- Social Science | Criminology
- Political Science | American Government - General
Dewey: 303.484
LCCN: 2016028958
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.31 lbs) 303 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies
- Cultural Region - Latin America
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Publisher Description:
This book examines security in three cities that suffer from chronic violence: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Medellin, Colombia; and Kingston, Jamaica. In each, democratic states contend with subnational armed groups that dominate territory and play important roles in politics even as they contribute to fear and insecurity. Through a nested three-city, six-neighborhood analysis of the role of criminal groups in governance, this research provides a deep understanding of the impact of crime on political experience. Neighborhoods controlled by different types of armed actors, operating in the same institutional context, build alliances with state officials and participate in political life through the structures created by these armed actors. The data demonstrates the effects criminal dominance can have on security, civil society, elections, and policymaking. Far from reflecting a breakdown of order, varying types of criminal groups generate different local lived political experiences.

Contributor Bio(s): Arias, Enrique Desmond: - 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.
 
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