Insecurity and violence as a new power relation in Latin America

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 606, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 178-195

  Magaly Sanchez, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inequalities; Kidnapping; Paramilitary groups; Security; Structural adjustments; Violence; Youths

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745726175     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716206288571     Document Type: Article

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