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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814387203321

Autore

Farah Douglas

Titolo

Alternative governance in the Northern Triangle and implications for U.S. foreign policy : finding logic within chaos / / authors, Douglas Farah, Carl Meacham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia ; ; Lanham, Maryland : , : Center for Strategic & International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-5885-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (75 p.)

Collana

CSIS Reports

Disciplina

972.8053

Soggetti

Non-state actors (International relations) - Central America

Central America Politics and government 1979-

Central America Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Central America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Report of the CSIS Americas Program."

Nota di contenuto

Alternative Governance In The Northern Triangle And Implications For U.S. Foreign Policy ; Contents ; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; 1. Introduction and Overview; 2. The Growing Role of Non-State Actors ; 3. The Border Corridor: The State as a Peripheral Actor; El Paraíso: An Emerging Paradigm of the Narco-Municipality; Additional Structures Representative of the State as a Peripheral Actor ; 4. Formal Border Crossings and Urban Areas: The State as a Partner; El Florido: Corruption and Partnership on the Border; San Pedro Sula: The Alliance of Gangs and Law Enforcement

5. Recommendations and ConclusionsU.S. Policy in the Region; Principal Challenges and Policy Recommendations; Appendix A. Conceptualizing Alternatively Governed Spaces: A Brief Review ; Appendix B. Methodology; Appendix C. Experts Workshops Participants; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This study examines different forms of alternative governance in the absence of a strong state presence in the Northern Triangle of Central America-along part of the Guatemala-Honduras border-a region



notorious for its soaring homicide rates, corruption, violence, and emigration to the United States.