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UNINA9910450979203321 |
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Autore |
Moser Caroline O. N. |
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Titolo |
Encounters with violence in Latin America : urban poor perceptions from Colombia and Guatemala / / Caroline O.N. Moser and Cathy McIlwaine |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
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1-134-57565-3 |
0-415-25864-2 |
1-280-05711-4 |
0-203-64635-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Urban violence - Colombia |
Urban violence - Guatemala |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-261) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Urban violence as a contested domain; Toward a policy-relevant positioning of violence: the role of participatory research methodologies; The multiple complexity of daily violence in urban Colombian and Guatemalan communities; Community perceptions of the structural factors underlying political and economic violence; The family as a violent institution and the primary site of social violence; Substance abuse-linked violence relating to drug and alcohol consumption; Organized violence at the community level |
Violence, social institutions and social capital in communitiesAvoiding or confronting violence? Community perceptions of strategies and solutions; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Considers the various types of political, social and economic violence that afflict communities and measures the costs and consequences of violence giving a voice to those whose daily lives are dominated by widespread aggression. |
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