Civil society and violence reduction in Latin America: tendencies and challenges

  • Raquel Willadino Observatório de Favelas
  • João Felipe P. Brito Universidad Federal de Río de Janeiro
  • Vinícius Esperança Universidad Estácio de Sá
  • Michelle Henriques Ramos Observatório de Favelas
Keywords: Civil society, Latin America, Democracy, Social mobilization, Violence

Abstract

This article focuses on some of the results obtained from the research conducted by the Favela Observatory-Rio de Janeiro, under the project “Democracy as an answer against violence in Latin America”. Its goal is to analyze challenges and tendencies for the mobilization of civil society organizations concerning violence dynamics that take place in the seven countries whose homicide rates are the highest in the region.

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Published
2023-01-26
How to Cite
Willadino R. ., P. Brito J. F. ., Esperança V. . y Henriques Ramos M. . (2023). Civil society and violence reduction in Latin America: tendencies and challenges. Revista Española de Desarrollo y Cooperación, 42, 61-71. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/REDC/article/view/85930
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Vol. 42 (2018)
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