Taxation and incarceration in Guatemala: Prisons, protection rackets, and citizenship
This article explores the making of carceral citizenship in Guatemala through an ethnographic analysis of la talacha – informal prison taxation schemes. Taxation is a key technology of citizenship. Tax enforcement mechanisms, the distribution of tax burdens, citizens’ willingness to pay, and their e...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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CEDLA
2023-12-01
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| Series: | European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://account.erlacs.org/index.php/lasa-j-erlacs/article/view/10984 |