The impact of criminal violence on regime legitimacy in Latin America
Criminality ; Latin America ; Political geography ; Violence
Amérique latine ; Criminalité ; Géographie politique ; Légitimité ; Système politique ; Violence
The goal of this study is to assess the impact of two variables (victimization and perception of violence) that have been neglected in the literature. It tests the impact of exposure to violence on system support by using survey data from the 2004
edition of the Latin American Public Opinion Project. The findings demonstrate that both victimization and high perception of violence have a negative impact on system support in Latin America.
L'écologie politique et la violence à partir de l'exemple de Sri Lanka
Batticalao ; Conflit ; Ecologie ; Politique ; Sri Lanka ; Sri Lanka de l'Est ; Violence
Conflict ; Ecology ; Policy ; Sri Lanka ; Violence
This article examines how political ecology can investigate the ecological and socio-economic consequences of violent action in the context of prolonged political conflict. The conceptual approach of a political ecology of violence presented here
is substantiated using case study material from eastern Sri Lanka, where different forms of violence have impacted on the delicate ecology of Batticalao Lagoon and resulted in significant livelihood fishermen and their families. - (IfL)
The aftermath of an election crisis : Kenyan attitudes and the influence of individual-level and locality violence
Community ; District ; Election ; Ethnic minority ; Ethnicity ; Kenya ; Political geography ; Social geography ; Violence
Communauté ; Confiance ; District ; Election ; Ethnicité ; Géographie politique ; Géographie sociale ; Kenya ; Minorité ethnique ; Victime ; Violence
forms of inter-personal and institutional trust than those individuals who did not. He also tests how local level violence may indirectly condition Kenyan political attitudes. Across all models, individual-level exposure to violence has the most
The A. analyses the aftermath of an election crisis through Kenyan attitudes and the influence of individual-level and locality violence. He finds that respondents who personally experienced electoral violence are less likely to express certain
Afghanistan ; Echelle ; Femme ; Féminisme ; Genre ; Géographie politique ; Politique ; Violence
Etude de la violence géopolitique, des constructions genrées et politiques de l'échelle quand elles concernent les atteintes à la personne humaine. Analyse féministe et politique de l'Association révolutionnaire des femmes d'Afghanistan. Cette
violence est mise en relation avec des discours internationaux et l'action politique.
Cartel ; Communication ; Drug ; Internet ; Mexico ; Music ; Political geography ; Terrorism ; Violence ; cartel ; drug trafficking ; narco ; terrorism
Blog ; Cartel ; Communication ; Drogue ; Géographie politique ; Internet ; Mexique ; Musique ; Terrorisme ; Violence
This article examines the forms of narco-violence in Mexico in light of the literature on terrorism and contemporary Mexican politics. It suggests three overlapping dimensions of narco-violence that should be considered terrorism: (a) narco-terror
as a struggle for regional political control; (b) narco-terror as a practice ordered by cartel leaders rather than spontaneous violence of foot soldiers; and (c) narco-terror as an expansion strategy from solely drug trafficking to other kinds of organised crime.
Mapping the labyrinth from within : the political economy of Nicaraguan youth policy concerning violence
Researching youth and violence in Central America. Special issue
Criminalité ; Délinquance ; Espace vécu ; Gang ; Institution ; Jeunes ; Justice sociale ; Législation ; Nicaragua ; Ordre public ; Perception ; Police ; Politique ; Politique sociale ; Population locale ; Prévention ; Violence ; Vulnérabilité
Criminality ; Delinquency ; Espace vécu ; Institution ; Legislation ; Local population ; Nicaragua ; Perception ; Police ; Policy ; Preventive measure ; Public order ; Social justice ; Social policy ; Violence ; Vulnerability ; Young people
Approche méthodologique dans l'étude de deux organisations gouvernementales nicaraguayennes qui sont concernées par le phénomène de la violence de la jeunesse : la Police Nationale et l'Office de l'Ombudsman pour les Enfants et les Adolescents. L'A
. met en évidence leur fonctionnement et leur dysfonctionnement ainsi que leurs actions et leurs pratiques qui ne sont pas systmétiquement coordonnées et parfois divergentes pour tenter de juguler la délinquance, la violence, voire la criminalité des
Antipode to terror : spaces of performative politics
Pakistan ; Performativity ; Political geography ; Public space ; Space ; Spatial organization ; Violence
Espace ; Espace public ; Géographie politique ; Organisation de l'espace ; Pakistan ; Performativité ; Sphère publique ; Swat Valley ; Taliban ; Terreur ; Violence
Focusing on the activities of Tehrik-e-Taliban in the Swat Valley, Pakistan, this article argues that organized politicalviolence is not only about death and destruction but also, about the control of the public sphere, and vitally
measures to resist violence should protect the performance of politics in an extended public sphere.
, the reorganization of space. It argues that the movement’s spectacular violence eliminates “worldliness”, plurality and life, so that spontaneous action is denied and the public sphere is destroyed through the universalization of terror. It concludes that productive
International accompaniment and witnessing state violence in the Philippines
Armée ; Canadiens ; Droits de l'homme ; Etat ; Organisation ; Philippines ; Politique ; Solidarité internationale ; Violence
Army ; Human rights ; Organization ; Philippines ; Policy ; State ; Violence
, and that the international attention brought by Canadians would protect them from military violence. The paper tackles the ethics, politics and potentials of such solidarity, and both explores and unsettles conventional concerns about the power dynamics of international
Sémantiques de la violence : territoire, guerre et pouvoir en Afrique mandingue
Africa ; Ideology ; Political geography ; Power ; Territory ; Violence ; War ; West Africa
Afrique ; Afrique de l'Ouest ; Guerre ; Géographie politique ; Idéologie ; Pouvoir ; Territoire ; Violence
constitution d'une sémantique de la violence organisée, et surtout de la guerre dite juste, en analysant notamment les déclinaisons du pouvoir en relation avec la territorialité.
Violence and the dialectics of pandscape : memorialization in Cambodia
Cambodia ; Civil war ; Genocide ; Landscape ; Political geography ; Role of the State ; Site of memory ; Twentieth Century ; Violence
Cambodge ; Guerre civile ; Génocide ; Géographie politique ; Lieu de mémoire ; Paysage ; Rôle de l'Etat ; Siècle 20 ; Victimes ; Violence
This article examines violence and the dialectics of pandscape throughmemorialization in Cambodia. It does so, first, through a destabilization of the periodization of Cambodia's violent past and, second, through a re-theorization of violence itself
calls into question standard understandings of the genocide and especially the post-1979 memorialization of genocide. To accomplish our goals, we introduce a dialectical understanding of both potential and realized violence, and potential and realized
Predicting violence within genocide : a model of elite competition and ethnic segregation from Rwanda
Elite ; Ethnic minority ; Ethnic segregation ; Genocide ; Political geography ; Role of the State ; Rwanda ; Social geography ; Social segregation ; Violence
Elite ; Génocide ; Géographie politique ; Géographie sociale ; Minorité ethnique ; Prédiction de la violence ; Rwanda ; Rôle de l'Etat ; Ségrégation ethnique ; Ségrégation sociale ; Violence
In this article, the A. presents a theoretical model to help identify areas susceptible and resistant to violence during genocide. This latter conceptualizes violence onset as a function of elite competition for control of the state from above
New politicalviolence in Africa, secular sectarianism in Sierra Leone
Afrique ; Conflit ; Culturel ; Exclusion sociale ; Guerre civile ; Jeunes ; Sierra Leone ; Théorie ; Violence
Africa ; Civil war ; Conflict ; Cultural studies ; Sierra Leone ; Social exclusion ; Theory ; Violence ; Young people
L'A. examine les nouvelles formes de violence dans les groupes victimes de l'exclusion sociale. Il concentre son analyse sur l'apparition et le développement de dissidents dans la guerre civile au Sierra Leone. Au départ, le RUF était une force de
Hyperreal space ; Politics of fear ; Risk society ; Social control ; Society ; Violence
Contrôle social ; Espace hyper réel ; Politique de la peur ; Société ; Société du risque ; Violence
la vieille rumeur artisanale. Construite par cette médiation qui la propulse dans l'hyper réel, cette peur place les populations sous la contrainte d'une violence permanente déstabilisante pour l'identité des individus. Analyse des modalités de
construction de ces espaces sous violence et des enjeux de cette vie en hyper réalité.
Violence et insécurité dans les méga-villes d'Amérique latine. Retentissements sur la fragmentation politique, la ségrégation socio-spatiale et la gouvernance
Danger ; Governance ; Latin America ; Social segregation ; Urban geography ; Violence
governance and criminal organizations/gangs are in the focus of attention as well as - like a result of these processes - the political-territorial fragmentation. The perception of violence by the urban population contributes considerably to the opinion
Violence and insecurity in Latin America are considered as typical urban phenomena, highly concentrated in the large agglomerations. Apart from the dimensions and forms of violence and their spatial differentiations, the relations between local