Violence in the barrios of Caracas : Social capital and the political economy of Venezuela / Daniel S. Leon.
Leon, Daniel S., author.
2020
HN370.C32 L46 2020
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Title
Violence in the barrios of Caracas : Social capital and the political economy of Venezuela / Daniel S. Leon.
Author
Leon, Daniel S., author.
ISBN
9783030229405 (electronic book)
3030229408 (electronic book)
9783030229399
3030229394
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22940-5
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-22
10.1007/978-3-030-22940-5 doi
Call Number
HN370.C32 L46 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
303.60987/7
303.60987
Summary
This book presents an overview of the problem of urban violence in Caracas, and specifically in its barrios. It helps situate readers familiar or not with Latin American in the context that is Caracas, Venezuela, a city displaying one of the worlds highest homicide rates. The book offers a qualitative comparison of the informal mechanisms of social control in three barrios of Caracas. This comprehensive analysis can help explain high homicide rates, while socio-economic conditions improved due to substantial oil windfalls in the twenty-first century. The author describes why informal social control was not effective in some barrios, and points to the role of some organizational arrangements in increasing the incentives to use violence, even under improving socio-economic conditions. The analysis addresses a gap in the literature on violence, which mainly posits high violence rates after economic downturns. Specifically, it investigates social capital's moderating effect between Caracas' political and economic structures and high violence rates. This book concludes that perverse social capital found in the barrios of Caracas helps explain high violence rates while socio-economic indicators improved until the early 2010s. Students and researchers interested in security studies or Latin America will benefit from this book because of its extensive theoretical discussions, use of primary sources, and unique multidisciplinary analysis of urban violence.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Latin American studies book series.
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Violence in the barrios of Caracas.
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Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. A Theory Of Social Capital As A Moderator Of Urban Violence
Chapter 3. High Connectedness Three Barrios Of Caracas: Empirical Findings On Social Network Density
Chapter 4. Making Informal Social Control Happen: Empirical Findings On Collective Efficacy
Chapter 5. Urban Security Policies And Their Effects On Collective Efficacy
Chapter 6. Conclusions: Perverse Social Capital As A Cause Of High Violence In The Barrios Of Caracas.

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