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Encounters with violence in Latin America : urban poor perceptions from Colombia and Guatemala / / Caroline O.N. Moser and Cathy McIlwaine



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Autore: Moser Caroline O. N. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Encounters with violence in Latin America : urban poor perceptions from Colombia and Guatemala / / Caroline O.N. Moser and Cathy McIlwaine Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
Disciplina: 303.6/097281
Soggetto topico: Urban violence - Colombia
Urban violence - Guatemala
Altri autori: McIlwaineCathy <1965->  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-261) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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;
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Encounters with violence in Latin America  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-134-57564-5
1-134-57565-3
0-415-25864-2
1-280-05711-4
0-203-64635-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910783657703321
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