Vigilantism and the State in Modern Latin America: Essays on Extralegal Violence

by Martha K. Huggins

According to the Latin American political analysts and scholars who contributed to this volume, free elections during the 1980s largely served to disguise rather than diminish institutional repressiveness and the reality of economic, political, and social disintegration that is occurring in many Latin American countries. This book is the first work of research to deal with the violence--on the part of both states and citizens--that is the most...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275934764
• ISBN13: 9780275934767
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"