Near death: life and dominance in rio de janeiro and medellin

This article takes two cities, Rio and Medellin, to show the relationship between power and social tissue. In the first part, the text analyzes the administration of violence as a means of establishing an order headed by the symbolic framing of approaching death. In a next part, take the other side...

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Autores:
Perea Restrepo, Carlos Mario
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2014
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/49751
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/49751
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/43239/
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/43239/2/
Palabra clave:
violencia
homicidios
Poder
ciudad
Latinoamérica
violence
murder
power
city
Latin America
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:This article takes two cities, Rio and Medellin, to show the relationship between power and social tissue. In the first part, the text analyzes the administration of violence as a means of establishing an order headed by the symbolic framing of approaching death. In a next part, take the other side of the power, the pursuit of "consensus" and legitimacy. Then we look at the efforts and results to eradicate the problem. Finally, it considers the impacts on social arrangements and outlines possible action against the two axes of mafia power: social integration and economic compensation.