The Politics of Violence Reduction
Making and Unmaking the Salvadorean Gang Truce
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3465467 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Van Der Borgh (Utrecht University, corresponding author), Wim Savenije (0009-0006-8861-629X, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Ecuador) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 905-928 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022216x19000890 |
| OpenAlex | W2969753884 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 25 |
This paper analyses a government-facilitated truce, begun in 2012, between El Salvador's three principal street gangs. Using field theory and securitisation theory, it maps the evolution of the truce, distinguishing between the three related processes of making the deal, keeping the truce, and resisting it. It analyses the complex and intriguing political processes in which various actors, such as gang leaders, government officials and international organisations, interacted with each other and made deals about the use and visibility of violence and ways of diminishing, preventing or hiding it
Computer security · Criminology · Field (mathematics) · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Principal (computer security) · Sociology · Visibility · Computer Science · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Political Conflict and Governance
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Transnational gangs and criminal remittances
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Police Legitimacy and Hybrid Security Orders in Central America
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Marcos para la acción colectiva en exguerrilleros de Farc-EP
Autocratización en tiempos de (in)seguridad
Shut In, Shut Out
Faith-Based Organizations, Community Development, and Room of Manoeuvre in Gang Controlled Neighbourhoods in San Salvador
Glass Half Full? The Peril and Potential of Highly Organized Violence
Negotiating humanitarian space with criminal armed groups in urban Latin America
Leaving the Pervasive Barrio
State Presence, Armed Actors, and Criminal Violence in Central America
Violence and Resilience in Latin American Cities
A Theory of Fields
Securitization Theory. How Security Problems Emerge and Dissolve
Formal and Informal Security Governance in the Americas
Of What is This a Case
The Children of War Street Gangs in El Salvador
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Gangs, Urban Violence, and Security Interventions in Central America
Extraordinary or ordinary emergency measures
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An invitation to reflexive sociology
The Politics of Urban Violence
Hybrid security governance in Africa
Securitization' revisited
Hiding violence to deal with the state
De-securitising and Re-securitising Gang Policies
Fools Banished from the Kingdom
Criminal Violence and Democratization in Central America
Central Problems in Social Theory
Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research
Framing Processes and Social Movements
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |