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Vigilantism and the state in modern Latin America:

essays on extralegal violence
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Martha K. Huggins
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Greenwood Publishing Group, 1991 - 266 pages

According to the Latin American political analysts and scholars who contributed to this volume, free elections during the 1980s largely served to disguise rather than diminish institutional repressiveness and the reality of economic, political, and social disintegration that is occurring in many Latin American countries. This book is the first work of research to deal with the violence--on the part of both states and citizens--that is the most visible expression of that breakdown.

Describing the nature and causes of Latin American vigilantism, the authors explore its impact within the larger sociopolitical system and the relationship between vigilantism and political transition. Part I is devoted to citizen violence, including mob lynchings; the work of the justiceiros (self-appointed or privately employed enforcers); and citizen uprisings against the police. Part II is a discussion of death squads in Peru, Guatemala, and Colombia and their use by the state to achieve specific social or political objectives. Part III explores the debate over violence, legislative solutions, and national security. The final section examines on-duty extra-legal police violence in several countries and the contribution of U.S. police training to state-supported terror. The authors' analyses indicate that vigilantism results from and at the same time fosters authoritarian state structures whose economic dependence on foreign powers deepens the cycle of poverty, repression, and violence. An important source of data and analysis on a largely neglected topic, this work will be of interest to a general audience concerned with human rights, to policymakers and their critics, and to scholars in the fields of criminology, comparative justice, and Latin American studies.

  

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About the author (1991)

Martha K. Huggins is Roger Thayer Stone Professor of SocioloMartha K. Huggins is Roger Thayer Stone Professor of Sociology at Union College. Her book "Political Policing "(1998) wogy at Union College. Her book "Political Policing "(1998) won two awards. Mika Haritos-Fatouros is Professor of Psycholon two awards. Mika Haritos-Fatouros is Professor of Psychology at the School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thesgy at the School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and author of the forthcoming title, "The Psycholosaloniki, and author of the forthcoming title, "The Psychological Origins of Institutionalized Torture" (2003). Philip Ggical Origins of Institutionalized Torture" (2003). Philip G. Zimbardo is Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Zimbardo is Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, author of several books, and 2002 President of the America, author of several books, and 2002 President of the American Psychological Association. n Psychological Association.

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TitleVigilantism and the state in modern Latin America: essays on extralegal violence
EditorMartha K. Huggins
ContributorMartha K. Huggins
PublisherGreenwood Publishing Group, 1991
ISBN0275934764, 9780275934767
Length266 pages
  
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