Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2010.

vii, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

The cultures and practice of violence series

Cultures and practice of violence series.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-297) and index.

Violent pluralism : understanding the new democracies of Latin America / Enrique Desmond Arias and Daniel M. Goldstein -- The political and economic origins of violence and insecurity in contemporary Latin America : past trajectories and future prospects / Diane E. Davis -- End of discussion : violence, participatory democracy, and the limits of dissent in Colombia / Mary Roldán -- Maintaining democracy in Colombia through political exclusion, states of exception, counterinsurgency, and dirty war / María Clemencia Ramírez -- Clandestine connections : the political and relational makings of collective violence / Javier Auyero -- "Living in a jungle" : state violence and perceptions of democracy in Buenos Aires / Ruth Stanley -- Organized violence, disorganized state / Lilian Bobea -- Toward uncivil society: causes and consequences of violence in Rio de Janeiro / Robert Gay -- Violence, democracy, and human rights in Latin America / Todd Landman -- Conclusion : understanding violent pluralism / Enrique Desmond Arias.

Violence -- Latin America.

Democracy -- Latin America.

Arias, Enrique Desmond.

Goldstein, Daniel M., 1965-

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