The Politics of Urban Violence: Challenges for Development in the Global South

Studies in Comparative International Development

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 217-239

  Moncada, Eduardo ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Armed actors; Cities; Development; Global South; Order; Urban violence

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLITICS; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA; LATIN AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84881614490     PISSN: 00393606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12116-013-9133-z     Document Type: Article

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