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

• Autore: Moser Caroline O. N.
• 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
• 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
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II