Armed Actors: Organized Violence and State Failure in Latin America
by Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt
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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Political violence, Political stability, Violence, Failed states, Violence politique, Stabilité politique, États défaillants, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Violence in Society, Organisiertes Verbrechen, Staat, Geweld, Politiek geweld, Politieke stabiliteit, Violence--latin america, Political violence--latin america, Political stability--latin america, Hn110.5.z9 v5213 2004, 303.6/098, Revolutionary groups & movements| Edition | Availability |
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Armed Actors: Organized Violence and State Failure in Latin America
2013, Zed Books, Limited
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Armed Actors: Organized Violence and State Failure in Latin America
2008, Zed Books, Limited
in English
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Armed Actors: Organised Violence and State Failure in Latin America
December 23, 2004, Zed Books
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in English
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Armed Actors: Organized Violence and State Failure in Latin America
Oct 01, 2004, ZED BOOKS, Zed Books
in Undetermined and English
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