La Mano Dura and the Violence of Civil Society in Bolivia

Autor:	Daniel M. Goldstein, With Gloria Achá, Eric Hinojosa, Theo Roncken
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Civil society Latin Americans Sociology and Political Science Human rights General Arts and Humanities media_common.quotation_subject Democracy Social group restrict Anthropology Political science Political economy Law Contradiction Social movement media_common
Zdroj:	Social Analysis. 51
ISSN:	1558-5727 0155-977X
DOI:	10.3167/sa.2007.510203
Popis:	Vigilante violence has become a common practice of creat ing 'security' in the marginal barrios that surround the city of Coch abamba, Bolivia. Surprisingly, this violence and the human rights violations it entails are appearing simultaneously with the expansion of civil society in Bolivia. This apparent contradiction, it is argued here, suggests that analysts must expand their definition of 'civil society' to include violent social groups and actors as well as peaceful ones. This article suggests that a fuller understanding of the nature of civil society in Bolivia and other Latin American countries requires us to broaden our understanding of what civil society includes, and so recognize that some acts originating in civil society may restrict rather than deepen and expand individual rights in neo-liberal democracies.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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