Economic Development Strategies and the Evolution of Violence in Latin America (Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue)

Economic Development Strategies and the Evolution of Violence in Latin America explores the links between Latin American governments' economic policies and the nature and dynamics of inter-group violence. Based on the patterns of ten countries, the contributions to this volume trace the remarkable transformation from open ideological conflict to the explosion of social (seemingly apolitical) violence, the upsurge of urban crime, and the confrontations over natural resources and drugs across the region spanning from Mexico to Argentina. The variations in economic success and in conflict prevention and transformation can guide policymakers, development professionals, and activists committed to conflict-sensitive development.

GUSTAVO ARCIA Senior economist at Analítica WILLIAM ASCHER Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics at Claremont McKenna College, USA WILLIAM T. BARNDT Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Riverside, USA SHEILA AMIN GUTIÉRREZ DE PIÑERES Professor of Economics at The University of Texas at Dallas, USA where she is also the Dean of undergraduate education and Mary McDermott Cook Distinguished Chair JENNIFER S. HOLMES Associate Professor of Political Economy and Political Science at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA PETER KINGSTONE Professor and coordinator of the Program on High Growth-Emerging Markets at King's College London, UK NATALIA MIROVITSKAYA Senior researcher and lecturing fellow at the Duke Center for International Development DEBORAH NORDEN Professor of Political Science and chair of the Political Science Department at Whittier College, USA JUDITH TEICHMAN Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada