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La ñata contra el vidrio: urban violence and democratic governability in Argentina
Author(s) -
Tedesco Laura
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-9856.2000.tb00122.x
Subject(s) - democracy , neoliberalism (international relations) , citizenship , political science , state (computer science) , mexican state , political economy , development economics , criminology , sociology , politics , economics , law , algorithm , computer science
The article argues that the increase in crime and urban violence in Argentina, especially in Buenos Aires, can be explained as an outcome of the interaction of four factors: the new social relations established by neoliberalism; the incapacity of the state to resolve the social conflicts which have arisen from these new social relations; the failure to democratise the security forces; and the exclusion of a sector of society from the rights of effective democratic citizenship. The increase in crime and urban violence is, thus, analysed as a problem of governability.