Micropolitics in a Caracas Barrio: The Political Survival Strategies of Mothers in a Context of Armed Violence

Venezuela has one of the highest rates of homicide in the Americas. Those who are dying are mostly men, and most are shot. Based on ethnographic research in poor, urban neighborhoods in Caracas, where guns are abundant and the state is absent, this article focuses on the repertoire of responses of m...

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Main Authors: Verónica Zubillaga, Manuel Llorens, John Souto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2019-06-01
Series:Latin American Research Review
Online Access:https://larrlasa.org/articles/196