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Violence, the State, and the Poor: A View from the South ,
Author(s) -
Auyero Javier,
Sobering Katherine
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
sociological forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1573-7861
pISSN - 0884-8971
DOI - 10.1111/socf.12362
Subject(s) - covert , state (computer science) , ethnography , sociology , interpersonal violence , politics , criminology , interpersonal communication , poison control , suicide prevention , gender studies , social science , political science , anthropology , law , medicine , philosophy , linguistics , environmental health , algorithm , computer science
What are the basic contours of a political sociology of violence at the urban margins? Drawing on past and current ethnographic research in a poor area of Buenos Aires, this article calls for systematic research of the points of contact (overt and covert) between agents of the state and the poor. We argue that as part and parcel of the illicit drug trade, clandestine interventions of the state intensify interpersonal violence.