Mano Dura : the politics of gang control in El Salvador /

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<P>In 1992, at the end of a twelve-year civil war, El Salvador was poised for a transition to democracy. Yet, after longstanding dominance by a small oligarchy that continually used violence to repress popular resistance, El Salvador?s democracy has proven to be a fragile one, as social ills (...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wolf, Sonja, Ph. D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Gang prevention > El Salvador.
Gang prevention > Government policy > El Salvador.
Non-governmental organizations > El Salvador > Social policy.
Organisations non gouvernementales > Salvador > Politique sociale.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American
Gang prevention
Politics and government
Social conditions
El Salvador > Politics and government.
El Salvador > Social conditions.
Salvador > Politique et gouvernement.
El Salvador
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Power, politics, and exclusion
  • Mano Dura
  • Creating folk devils
  • Contesting Mano Dura
  • Peer rehabilitation and empowerment
  • Reason, religion, and loving kindness
  • Conclusion.

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