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Urban violence: regional and local solutions
26/01/2009 By Laura Tedesco
States are increasingly faced with the phenomenon of urban development and its consequences. Urban development can be seen as a vehicle for economic development, but it is often a chaotic process and reflects the inequalities present at the national level. In this context, the increase in urban violence is both an anthropological and a political topic for study.
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This Policy Brief by Laura Tedesco offers an analysis of urban violence in Latin America, a region with weak – but not failed - states, and studies some attempts at solving the problem within the framework of the democratic rule of law.
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Civil society Conflict Latin America & CaribbeanBio author: Laura Tedesco
PhD from Warwick University. She is now Visiting Professor at the Department of Political Science Department of the University Autónoma of Madrid.
