Outlawed: Between Security and Rights in a Bolivian City

(Part of the The Cultures and Practices of Violence Series)

by Daniel M. Goldstein

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In Outlawed, Daniel M. Goldstein reveals how indigenous residents of marginal neighborhoods in Cochabamba, Bolivia, struggle to balance security with rights. Feeling abandoned to the crime and violence that grip their communities, they sometimes turn to vigilante practices, including lynching, to apprehend and punish suspected criminals. Goldstein describes those in this precarious position as "outlawed" not protected from crime by the law...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822353113

ISBN13:9780822353119

Release Date:August 2012

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:344 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Cultural Political Freedom Politics & Government Social Science Social Sciences Violence in Society

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