Insecurity and Violence as a New Power Relation in Latin America

Magaly Sanchez R
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Magaly Sanchez R: Instituto de Urbanismo, Universidad Central de Venezuela

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2006, vol. 606, issue 1, 178-195

Abstract: This article shows the growing activities related to the existence of three types of urban violence: the structural violence inherent in the existing social inequalities in Latino American countries, radical violence, and criminal violence. Neoliberal policies generate more inequality, exclusion, poverty, and alienation, which yield a rising tide of criminal and radical violence, which triggers more state violence and coercion, which, in turn, encourages more resistance from below. Violence and security have become a key link in the economic arena characterizing the Latin American metropolis.

Keywords: violence; youths; inequalities; kidnapping; security; paramilitary groups; structural adjustments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716206288571

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