ISBN:
1842777300
,
1842777319
,
9781848131354
,
9781842777305
,
9781842777312
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 165 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Fractured Cities : Social Exclusion, Urban Violence and Contested Spaces in Latin America
DDC:
305.5/69098091732
Keywords:
Urban poor
;
Urban violence
;
Latin America Social conditions
Abstract:
As cities sprawl across Latin America, absorbing more and more of its people, crime and violence have become inescapable. From the paramilitary invasion of Medellin Colombia, the booming wealth of crack dealers in Managua, and police corruption in Mexico City, to the glimmers of hope in Lima, this book provides a dynamic analysis of urban insecurity. Working with new empirical evidence, interviews with local people and historical contextualization, the authors shed light on the fault-lines which have appeared in Latin American society. They argue that the situation can only be improved by coop
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the duality of Latin American cityscapes; 1 - Fractured cities, second-class citizenship and urban violence; 2 - Rio de Janeiro; 3 - Mexico City; 4 - Medellín; 5 - Managua; 6 - Caracas; 7 - Lima Metropolitana; 8 - Living in fear: how the urban poor perceive violence, fear and insecurity; Epilogue: Latin America's urban duality revisited; About the authors; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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