LEADER 04640nam 22007215 450 001 9910366629003321 005 20200706130929.0 010 $a3-030-22940-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-22940-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000008618336 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5808263 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-22940-5 035 $a(PPN)23849084X 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008618336 100 $a20190702d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aViolence in the Barrios of Caracas $eSocial Capital and the Political Economy of Venezuela /$fby Daniel S. Leon 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (192 pages) 225 1 $aThe Latin American Studies Book Series,$x2366-3421 311 $a3-030-22939-4 327 $aChapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. A Theory Of Social Capital As A Moderator Of Urban Violence -- Chapter 3. High Connectedness Three Barrios Of Caracas: Empirical Findings On Social Network Density -- Chapter 4. Making Informal Social Control Happen: Empirical Findings On Collective Efficacy -- Chapter 5. Urban Security Policies And Their Effects On Collective Efficacy -- Chapter 6. Conclusions: Perverse Social Capital As A Cause Of High Violence In The Barrios Of Caracas. 330 $aThis book presents an overview of the problem of urban violence in Caracas, and specifically in its barrios. It helps situate readers familiar or not with Latin American in the context that is Caracas, Venezuela, a city displaying one of the world?s highest homicide rates. The book offers a qualitative comparison of the informal mechanisms of social control in three barrios of Caracas. This comprehensive analysis can help explain high homicide rates, while socio-economic conditions improved due to substantial oil windfalls in the twenty-first century. The author describes why informal social control was not effective in some barrios, and points to the role of some organizational arrangements in increasing the incentives to use violence, even under improving socio-economic conditions. The analysis addresses a gap in the literature on violence, which mainly posits high violence rates after economic downturns. Specifically, it investigates social capital's moderating effect between Caracas' political and economic structures and high violence rates. This book concludes that perverse social capital found in the barrios of Caracas helps explain high violence rates while socio-economic indicators improved until the early 2010s. Students and researchers interested in security studies or Latin America will benefit from this book because of its extensive theoretical discussions, use of primary sources, and unique multidisciplinary analysis of urban violence. 410 0$aThe Latin American Studies Book Series,$x2366-3421 606 $aCultural geography 606 $aMunicipal government 606 $aHuman geography 606 $aSociology, Urban 606 $aEconomic development 606 $aSocial change 606 $aViolence 606 $aCrime 606 $aCultural Geography$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/J22000 606 $aUrban Politics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911270 606 $aHuman Geography$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X26000 606 $aUrban Studies/Sociology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22250 606 $aDevelopment and Social Change$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/913030 606 $aViolence and Crime$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/1BG010 615 0$aCultural geography. 615 0$aMunicipal government. 615 0$aHuman geography. 615 0$aSociology, Urban. 615 0$aEconomic development. 615 0$aSocial change. 615 0$aViolence. 615 0$aCrime. 615 14$aCultural Geography. 615 24$aUrban Politics. 615 24$aHuman Geography. 615 24$aUrban Studies/Sociology. 615 24$aDevelopment and Social Change. 615 24$aViolence and Crime. 676 $a303.60987 700 $aLeon$b Daniel S$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0887445 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910366629003321 996 $aViolence in the Barrios of Caracas$91982516 997 $aUNINA