Community-Based Urban Violence Prevention : Innovative Approaches in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arab Region / Kosta Mathéy, Silvia Matuk |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.6 |
Collana | Urban Studies |
Soggetto topico | Urbanism; Violence; Peacebuilding; Safety; Community; GLOBUS; City; Urban Studies; Sociology of Crime; Sociology |
Soggetto non controllato |
City
Community GLOBUS Peacebuilding Safety Sociology of Crime Sociology Urban Studies Violence |
ISBN | 3-8394-2990-0 |
Classificazione | MS 1750 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | i Contents v Preface 1 Introduction 6 Violence, Cities, and Prevention: A Conceptual Framework for Reducing Violence in the Urban Realm 24 Ethnopolitics, Fear and Safety in a Johannesburg Neighbourhood 42 Land Transformation and Criminal Violence in Dandora Neighbourhood, Nairobi, Kenya 62 Communities and the Prevention of Crime and Violence in Douala, Cameroon 78 "There is no Justice in Guinea-Bissau" Strategies of Preventing, Handling, and Aggravating Conflicts in Local Dispute Settlement 98 Urban Violence and the Chinese State in the Post-Mao Reform 118 Local Civil Society and the New Puzzle of Violence in Central America 128 Meanings and Practices of Non-violence 150 Integrated Urban Upgrading and Violence Prevention in San Salvador Results of an Impact Evaluation 164 Drug-Related Violence in Mexico: State and Community Responses. A qualitative Approach 182 Youth as Key Actors in the Social Prevention of Violence 202 Overcoming the Invisible Boundaries of an Informal Neighborhood: A Youth Initiative in Itagüi, Colombia 222 Targeting Adolescence Vandalism in a Refugee Camp 234 Religious Procession as a Mediator for Social Intimacy: Building Communal Harmony in Dharavi after the 1992 Mumbai Riot 268 Violence and the Enchantment of Everyday Life in Johannesburg: Preliminary Insights 280 Embracing the Complexity of Community Safety Challenges 294 The Contributors 307 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910476930003321 |
Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Community-Based Urban Violence Prevention : Innovative Approaches in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arab Region / Kosta Mathéy, Silvia Matuk |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.6 |
Collana | Urban Studies |
Soggetto topico | Urbanism; Violence; Peacebuilding; Safety; Community; GLOBUS; City; Urban Studies; Sociology of Crime; Sociology |
Soggetto non controllato |
City
Community GLOBUS Peacebuilding Safety Sociology of Crime Sociology Urban Studies Violence |
ISBN | 3-8394-2990-0 |
Classificazione | MS 1750 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | i Contents v Preface 1 Introduction 6 Violence, Cities, and Prevention: A Conceptual Framework for Reducing Violence in the Urban Realm 24 Ethnopolitics, Fear and Safety in a Johannesburg Neighbourhood 42 Land Transformation and Criminal Violence in Dandora Neighbourhood, Nairobi, Kenya 62 Communities and the Prevention of Crime and Violence in Douala, Cameroon 78 "There is no Justice in Guinea-Bissau" Strategies of Preventing, Handling, and Aggravating Conflicts in Local Dispute Settlement 98 Urban Violence and the Chinese State in the Post-Mao Reform 118 Local Civil Society and the New Puzzle of Violence in Central America 128 Meanings and Practices of Non-violence 150 Integrated Urban Upgrading and Violence Prevention in San Salvador Results of an Impact Evaluation 164 Drug-Related Violence in Mexico: State and Community Responses. A qualitative Approach 182 Youth as Key Actors in the Social Prevention of Violence 202 Overcoming the Invisible Boundaries of an Informal Neighborhood: A Youth Initiative in Itagüi, Colombia 222 Targeting Adolescence Vandalism in a Refugee Camp 234 Religious Procession as a Mediator for Social Intimacy: Building Communal Harmony in Dharavi after the 1992 Mumbai Riot 268 Violence and the Enchantment of Everyday Life in Johannesburg: Preliminary Insights 280 Embracing the Complexity of Community Safety Challenges 294 The Contributors 307 |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996328041803316 |
Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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