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The narrow corridor : states, societies, and the fate of liberty
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A. - 2019
"A crucial new big-picture framework that answers the question of how liberty flourishes in some states but falls to authoritarianism or anarchy in others--and explains how it can continue to thrive despite new threats"--
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012127943
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Discourses on violence in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua : youth, crime, and the responses of the state
Peetz, Peter - 2008
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Discourses on violence in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua : laws and the construction of drug- and gender-related violence
Peetz, Peter - 2008
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008907553
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Discourses on violence in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua : youth, crime, and the responses of the state
Peetz, Peter - 2008
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008908175
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Discourses on Violence in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua : Youth, Crime, and the Responses of the State
Peetz, Peter - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012712730
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Protest, violence, and social change
Bowles, Richard P. (contributor) - 1972
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Urban riots : violence and social change
Connery, Robert Howe (contributor) - 1968
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Violence in society
1974
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Alcohol, violence and injury-induced mortality: evidence from a modern-day prohibition
Barron, Kai; Parry, Charles D. H.; Bradshaw, Debbie; … - 2022
This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa. We find that this policy causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14% during the five weeks of the ban. We argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on...
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