Kenneth A. Loparo 
Territories of Violence [PDF ebook] 
State, Marginal Youth, and Public Security in Honduras

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This book examines the persistence of social violence and public insecurity in Honduras. Using a spatial perspective, the author looks at the Honduran state’s security polices – known as Mano Dura – and the challenges authorities face. She points to the state’s historical difficulty producing and ordering political territory and space.

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Table of Content

Introduction 1. State, Space and Territory 2. Territorializing the State 3. Violence and Crime 4. Marginal Youth and the Maras 5. Public Security and Policies 6. Alternatives: Above and Below 7. Geographies of Violence Epilogue

About the author

Lirio Gutiérrez Rivera is an Anthropologist and Political Scientist. She was Postdoctoral Researcher at the desigualdades Research Network and at the Center of Area Studies and was Adjunct Lecturer at the Institute for Latin American Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 163 ● ISBN 9781137027955 ● File size 1.7 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan US ● City New York ● Country US ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2780625 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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