Encounters with violence in Latin America : urban poor perceptions from Columbia and Guatemala /
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| Author / Creator: | Moser, Caroline O. N. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Routledge, 2004. |
| Description: | xvi, 272 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5146173 |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- List of tables
- 1. Urban violence as a contested domain
- 2. Toward a policy-relevant positioning of violence: the role of participatory research methodologies
- 3. The multiple complexity of daily violence in urban Colombian and Guatemalan communities
- 4. Community perceptions of the structural factors underlying political and economic violence
- 5. The family as a violent institution and the primary site of social violence
- 6. Substance abuse-linked violence relating to drug and alcohol consumption
- 7. Organized violence at the community level
- 8. Violence, social institutions and social capital in communities
- 9. Avoiding or confronting violence? Community perceptions of strategies and solutions Appendices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
