Pandemic Micropolitics in Latin America
Small Business and the Governance of Crisis From Above and Below in El Salvador
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6156559 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benedicte Bull (0000-0002-5950-9309, University of Oslo), Kristian Hoelscher (0000-0003-2419-1991, Peace Research Institute Oslo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-71 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Politics in Latin America (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1868-4890 • E-ISSN: 1866-802X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1866802x231159686 |
| OpenAlex | W4322765033 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 49 |
The COVID-19 pandemic had severe impacts in Latin America, with small businesses intensely affected. Beyond its economic consequences, the pandemic also exacerbated structural flaws in some of the region's weakly institutionalised democracies, diminishing State legitimacy and expanding that of organised criminal groups. In considering how State governance from above is challenged by non-state governance from below, this article examines a “pandemic micropolitics” as seen through the lens of support to the small business sector. We outline a framework to understand co-governance in hybrid political orders during crises; and examine this using case studies of urban informal markets and the transport sector in El Salvador. In showing that the pandemic contributed to a renegotiation of co-governance between the State, criminal organisations, and business associations, we contribute to understandings of the dynamics of distributive politics and the co-governance of crisis; and the potential implications for a post-COVID-19 political economy in Latin America
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Corporate governance · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Latin Americans · Legitimacy · Neoliberalism (international relations · Pandemic · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
Revealing the impact of different ambient populations on theft during the Covid-19 pandemic in China
The necro politics of informality
Reconfiguring citizenship in times of crisis
Geographies and entanglements of governance
SMEs, violence and crisis
Demand and Supply of Criminal Governance
Bitcoin as Tool for Financial Inclusion in El Salvador
Against the Odds
State of War
The Politics of Institutional Weakness in Latin America
Latin American Party Systems
Votes for Survival
A Systematic Review of Co-Creation and Co-Production
Title unavailable
Informal Institutions and Democracy
New Public Governance, the Third Sector, and Co-Production
Forbearance as Redistribution
Brokers, Voters, and Clientelism
Criminal Enterprises and Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Covid-19 crisis in Latin America in historical perspective
Global health and human rights in the time of Covid-19
Hybrid Political Orders, Not Fragile States
Hybrid Governance Arrangements
Security, Sovereignty, and Non-State Governance “From Below”
Small firms and the pandemic
The Politics of Criminal Victimization
Conceptualizing Criminal Governance
Latin America Erupts
How clientelism varies
Resisting Protection
Collusion, Co-Optation, or Evasion
How Economic Informality Constrains Demand for Programmatic Policy
Varieties of Clientelism
Introduction to thematic issue on Covid-19 and politics in Latin America
Believe in me
The Pandemic and the Crisis of Democracy in Brazil
Gobernabilidad en tiempos de crisis
Clientelism
Market Reform, Programmatic (De)alignment, and Party System Stability in Latin America
The Politics of Negotiating with Gangs. The Case of El Salvador
Glass Half Full? The Peril and Potential of Highly Organized Violence
The Covid-19 pandemic
Hiding violence to deal with the state
Organised Crime Governance in Times of Pandemic
Killing in the Slums
The hybrid state
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |