This book examines the persistence of social violence and public insecurity in Honduras. Using a spatial perspective, the author looks at the Honduran state's security polices - known as Mano Dura - and the challenges authorities face. She points to the state's historical difficulty producing and ordering political territory and space.

Autorentext

Lirio Gutiérrez Rivera is an Anthropologist and Political Scientist. She was Postdoctoral Researcher at the desigualdades Research Network and at the Center of Area Studies and was Adjunct Lecturer at the Institute for Latin American Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Inhalt
Introduction 1. State, Space and Territory 2. Territorializing the State 3. Violence and Crime 4. Marginal Youth and the Maras 5. Public Security and Policies 6. Alternatives: Above and Below 7. Geographies of Violence Epilogue