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Record Nr.

UNINA9910698359103321

Autore

Manwaring Max G

Titolo

A contemporary challenge to state sovereignty [[electronic resource] ] : gangs and other illicit transnational criminal organizations in Central America, El Salvador, Mexico, Jamaica, and Brazil / / Max G. Manwaring

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Carlisle Barracks, PA] : , : [Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College], , [2007]

Descrizione fisica

viii, 59 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Security issues in the Western Hemisphere

Soggetti

Gangs

Transnational crime

Organized crime

Political stability

Sovereignty

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Jan. 15, 2008).

"December 2007."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-59).

Nota di contenuto

Context: gangs as nonstate threats in the regional and global security arenas -- The gang phenomenon in Central America, El Salvador, and Mexico -- A hemispheric addendum: Jamaican posses (gangs), and the Brazilian Primeiro Comando da Capital -- Key points and lessons.