Illegal Markets, Violence, and Inequality Evidence from a Brazilian Metropolis /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Daudelin, Jean (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Ratton, José Luiz (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Latin America-Economic conditions.; Transnational crime.; Latin America-Politics and government.; Urban economics.; Law and economics.; Development economics.; Latin American and Caribbean Economics.; Trafficking.; Latin American Politics.; Urban Economics.; Law and Economics.; Development Economics.

This book challenges the quasi-consensus that Latin American countries dominate global homicide rankings mainly due to the illegal nature of drug production and trafficking. Building on US scholarship that looks at the role of social exclusion and discriminatory policing in drug violence, the author...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction: Drug Markets and Violence in Recife, Brazil
• 2. Islands of Peace: Middle-Class Drug Markets
• 3. Crack: Micromechanics of a Dysfunctional Illegal Market
• 4. Inequality and Deterrence in Recife: The Rise and Fall of the "Pact for Life"
• 5. Conclusion.