Mano Dura : : The Politics of Gang Control in El Salvador / / Sonja Wolf.
In 1992, at the end of a twelve-year civil war, El Salvador was poised for a transition to democracy. Yet, after longstanding dominance by a small oligarchy that continually used violence to repress popular resistance, El Salvador’s democracy has proven to be a fragile one, as social ills (poverty c...
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Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acronyms
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Power, Politics, and Exclusion
- 2. Mano Dura
- 3. Creating Folk Devils
- 4. Contesting Mano Dura
- 5. Peer Rehabilitation and Empowerment
- 6. Reason, Religion, and Loving-Kindness
- Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index