Cities, business, and the politics of urban violence in Latin America

Cities, business, and the politics of urban violence in Latin America / Eduardo Moncada.

This text analyzes and explains the ways in which major developing world cities respond to the challenge of urban violence. The study shows how the political projects that cities launch to confront urban violence are shaped by the interaction between urban political economies and patterns of armed t...

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Main Author: Moncada, Eduardo, 1977- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Urban violence > Colombia > Case studies.
Municipal government > Colombia > Case studies.
Business and politics > Colombia > Case studies.
Patron and client > Colombia > Case studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Comparative Politics.
Business and politics
Municipal government
Patron and client
Urban violence
Colombia
Electronic books.
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
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Table of Contents:
  • Rethinking the politics of urban violence
  • Parties, clientelism, and violence : exclusionary political order in Colombia
  • Medellin : reshaping political order and criminal coexistence
  • Cali : the derailment of a pioneering participatory project
  • Bogota : building and branding a global city
  • The politics of urban violence : comparisons and next steps.

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