: the excluded elites are frequently tempted to use violence to come back into the "dining room" - and the excluding … government tries to prevent reentry by all means. This contribution draws a dense picture of elite (in)security in three African … countries (Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia). A comparative analysis of elite security needs and devices is …

In Central America, legislation aiming to reduce violence and crime has become an important topic in the security … trade in and consumption of drugs on the one hand, and gender-related violence on the other. It shows how the content and … the counter-discursive influences on each country's legal discourse. -- Central America ; violence ; drugs ; gender …

The paper analyzes the social construction of youth violence in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and El Salvador on the one hand … constructing youth violence and juvenile delinquency. Also, each country has its own manner of reaction to those problems. In El … protect citizens against that threat. In Nicaragua and Costa Rica, where the social discourse on youth violence is less …

Delegitimierung der politischen Elite geführt. Ein weiterer zentraler Befund ist, dass der konkrete Einfluss des Erdöls auf Gewalt je … auch niedrigschwellige Gewalt gefördert; dies vor allem über sozioökonomische Kausalmechanismen (Verfall der Erdölpreise … nach spezifischer Form der Gewalt deutlich zu variieren scheint. (GIGA) …