Cover; Half-title ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Dedication ; Table of contents ; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction: Conflict and Governance Patterns in Latin America and the Caribbean ; Nonstate Armed Dominance and Micro-Level Armed Regimes
Theoretical Implications of Micro-Level Armed Regimes State-Society Relations ; Political Institutions and Adjectival Democracy ; Civil War and Criminal Violence ; Armed Actors, Cities, and Micro-Level Order ; Case Selection and Methods ; Plan of the Book
1 Constellations of Governance: Theoretical Approaches to Micro-Level Armed Regimes Defining Key Variables: Territorial Crime and the State ; The Parameters of Micro-Level Armed Regimes ; The Elements of Local Orders ; The Politics of Micro-Level Armed Regimes
Origins and Change of Micro-Level Armed Governance Social Factors ; Economic Factors ; Political and Policy Factors ; Successful Policy Responses ; Conclusion ; 2 Poverty, Popular Incorporation, and Armed Groups in Latin American and the Caribbean
Historical Roots of Micro-Level Governance Armed Incorporation ; Medellín: Incorporation Amid Complex Armed Conflict ; Violence and Inequality ; Conflict after La Violencia ; Kingston: Partisan Incorporation ; The Historical Origins of Violence in Jamaica
Summary
Through an examination of violent neighbourhoods this book shows how criminals affect local politics in Colombia, Brazil, and Jamaica
