Fractured Cities

Social Exclusion, Urban Violence and Contested Spaces in Latin America

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Urban, Political Science
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Author: Wil Pansters, Ralph Rozema, Carlos Ivan Degregori, Roberto Briceno-Leon, Doctor Elisabeth Leeds, Doctor Dennis Rodgers, Professor Caroline Moser, Doctor Cathy McIlwaine ISBN: 9781848136748
Publisher: Zed Books Publication: April 4, 2013
Imprint: Zed Books Language: English
Author: Wil Pansters, Ralph Rozema, Carlos Ivan Degregori, Roberto Briceno-Leon, Doctor Elisabeth Leeds, Doctor Dennis Rodgers, Professor Caroline Moser, Doctor Cathy McIlwaine
ISBN: 9781848136748
Publisher: Zed Books
Publication: April 4, 2013
Imprint: Zed Books
Language: English

As cities sprawl across Latin America, absorbing more and more of its people, crime and violence have become inescapable. From the paramilitary invasion of Medell¡n in Colombia, the booming wealth of crack dealers in Managua, Nicaragua and police corruption in Mexico City, to the glimmers of hope in Lima, this book provides a dynamic analysis of urban insecurity. Based on new empirical evidence, interviews with local people and historical contextualization, the authors attempts to shed light on the fault-lines which have appeared in Latin American society. Neoliberal economic policy, it is argued, has intensified the gulf between elites, insulated in gated estates monitored by private security firms, and the poor, who are increasingly mistrustful of state-sponsored attempts to impose order on their slums. Rather than the current trend towards government withdrawal, the situation can only be improved by co-operation between communities and police to build new networks of trust. In the end, violence and insecurity are inseparable from social justice and democracy.

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As cities sprawl across Latin America, absorbing more and more of its people, crime and violence have become inescapable. From the paramilitary invasion of Medell¡n in Colombia, the booming wealth of crack dealers in Managua, Nicaragua and police corruption in Mexico City, to the glimmers of hope in Lima, this book provides a dynamic analysis of urban insecurity. Based on new empirical evidence, interviews with local people and historical contextualization, the authors attempts to shed light on the fault-lines which have appeared in Latin American society. Neoliberal economic policy, it is argued, has intensified the gulf between elites, insulated in gated estates monitored by private security firms, and the poor, who are increasingly mistrustful of state-sponsored attempts to impose order on their slums. Rather than the current trend towards government withdrawal, the situation can only be improved by co-operation between communities and police to build new networks of trust. In the end, violence and insecurity are inseparable from social justice and democracy.

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