Introduction / Gabriel Marcella, Orlando J. Perez, and Brian Fonseca -- The crisis of governance / Phil Williams -- Policing / Lucia Dammert -- Judicial system / Mark Ungar -- Prisons / Jonathan D. Rosen -- Ministry of defense and the armed forces / Gabriel Marcella -- Colombia : security challenges and state capacity / Jennifer S. Holmes and Sheila Amin Gutierrez de Pineres -- Mexico : dilemma between democratic recession and internal security / Raul Benitez Manaut -- Brazil : the evolution of civil-military relations and security / Luis Bitencourt -- Peru : counterinsurgency and the rule of law during re-democratization / Maiah Jaskoski -- Cuba : the exceptional case / Brian Latell -- Venezuela : the erosion of security capacity / John Polga-Hecimovich -- Argentina : legality or disobedience? / Rut Diamint -- Chile : a secure democracy? / G. Alexander Crowther -- Conclusion / Gabriel Marcella, Orlando J. Perez, and Brian Fonseca.
Summary:
"The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for governments to generate the necessary capacity to address important security and institutional challenges, this volume deepens our understanding of the nature and extent of state governance in Latin America. State capacity is multidimensional, with all elements interacting to produce stable governance and security. As such, a collection of scholars and practitioners use an explicit interdisciplinary approach, drawing on the contributions of history, political science, economics, public policy, military studies and other fields to gain a rounded understanding of the link between security and democracy. Democracy and Security in Latin America is divided in two sections: Part 1 focuses on the challenges to governance and key institutions such as police, courts, armed forces and the prison system. Part 2 features country case studies that illustrate particularly important security challenges and various means by which the state has confronted them. Democracy and Security in Latin America should appeal not only to those seeking to learn more about the capacity of the democratic state in Latin America to effectively provide public security in times of stress, but to all those curious about the reality that a democracy must have security to function"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.