Overview
Provides a comparative perspective on Central America and the Caribbean
Focuses on comparative historical analysis as well as contemporary causes of violence
Develops a Cultural Political Economy of Violence as a genuine approach to interlink Political Economy with Cultural theory for explaining violence
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book develops a comparative study on violence in Jamaica, El Salvador, and Belize based on a theoretical approach, extensive field research, and in-depth empirical research. It combines the Caribbean and Central America into a single comparative research that explores the historical (from the conquista onwards) as well as contemporary causes of violence in these societies. The volume focuses on forms of violence such as gang violence, police violence, every day forms of violence, vigilantism, and organized crime. The analysis provides a theoretical perspective that bridges political economy as well as cultural approaches in violence research. As such, it will be of interest to readers studying development, violence, political, Central American, and Caribbean studies.
Reviews
“The academic community will highly welcome this book because it overcomes the dichotomy both between economy and culture and between causes and forms of violence. Both dichotomies characterize the current theory-inspired empirical research on violence. Area experts will be pleased about the comparative perspective on Central America and the Caribbean, which is still unusual in research on violence. It is an innovative, theoretically inspiring and empirically detailed investigated work from the younger generation of both research on violence and research on Latin America. I raise my hat!” (Heidrun Zinecker, Professor Emeritus, University of Leipzig, Germany)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Politics and Violence in Central America and the Caribbean
Authors: Hannes Warnecke-Berger
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89782-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89781-3Published: 04 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07856-0Published: 19 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-89782-0Published: 23 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 281
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Latin American Politics, Comparative Politics, Politics and Religion, Regionalism, Development and Social Change