Local non-violent strategies amid Guatemala’s post-accord violence
Understanding the potential and limitations in poor urban neighbourhoods
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13046599 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Kelly (0000-0002-1847-0655, University of Bristol, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 299-316 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-27 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Peacebuilding (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2164-7259 • E-ISSN: 2164-7267 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21647259.2023.2251283 |
| OpenAlex | W4386222159 |
| Language | CA |
| Citations received | 3 |
The impact residents of violence-affected communities can have on addressing insecurity is underexplored, particularly amid criminal violence. In non-conflict contexts, can non-violent actions by committed individuals transform their violent environments given criminal groups’ social control and capacity to exert violence? Investigating two urban neighbourhoods in post-accord Guatemala, the article evidences how residents engage in violence disruption, breaking generalised self-protection strategies – silence, avoidance and displacement – to proactively address local violence. In doing so, residents can attain tangible security improvements and foster cohesion, social capital and informal leadership – facilitating further collective action. The article draws on 47 interviews, triangulated with police data and documentary evidence. The article contributes novel empirical evidence on the underexplored phenomenon of non-violent engagement with criminal groups. Conceptually, the article advances the emerging concept of violence disruption as a distinct form of agency and a useful framework to neither overlook nor overstate the impact of grassroots strategies
Agency (philosophy · Collective action · Criminology · Grassroots · Political science · Silence · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Violent crime · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |