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

• Main Authors: Daudelin, Jean (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Ratton, José Luiz (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.