Cities, business, and the politics of urban violence in Latin America

This Text Analyzes And Explains The Ways In Which Major Developing World Cities Respond To The Challenge Of Urban Violence. The Study Shows How The Political Projects That Cities Launch To Confront Urban Violence Are Shaped By The Interaction Between Urban Political Economies And Patterns Of Armed Territorial Control. It Introduces Business As A Pivotal Actor In The Politics Of Urban Violence, And Argues That How Business Is Organized Within Cities And Its Linkages To Local Governments Impacts Whether Or Not Business Supports Or Subverts State Efforts To Stem And Prevent Urban Violence. A Focus On City Mayors Finds That The Degree To Which Politicians Rely Upon Clientelism To Secure And Maintain Power Influences Whether They Favour Responses To Violence That Perpetuate Or Weaken Local Political Exclusion. Rethinking The Politics Of Urban Violence -- Parties, Clientelism, And Violence : Exclusionary Political Order In Colombia -- Medellin : Reshaping Political Order And Criminal Coexistence -- Cali : The Derailment Of A Pioneering Participatory Project -- Bogota : Building And Branding A Global City -- The Politics Of Urban Violence : Comparisons And Next Steps. Eduardo Moncada. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 199-217) And Index. This book analyzes and explains the ways in which major developing world cities respond to the challenge of urban violence. The study shows how the political projects that cities launch to confront urban violence are shaped by the interaction between urban political economies and patterns of armed territorial control. It introduces business as a pivotal actor in the politics of urban violence, and argues that how business is organized within cities and its linkages to local governments impacts whether or not business supports or subverts state efforts to stem and prevent urban violence. A focus on city mayors finds that the degree to which politicians rely upon clientelism to secure and maintain power influences whether they favor responses to violence that perpetuate or weaken local political exclusion. The book builds a new typology of patterns of armed territorial control within cities, and shows that each poses unique challenges and opportunities for confronting urban violence. The study develops sub-national comparative analyses of puzzling variation in the institutional outcomes of the politics of urban violence across Colombia's three principal cities--Medellin, Cali, and Bogota--and over time within each. The book's main findings contribute to research on violence, crime, citizen security, urban development, and comparative political economy. The analysis demonstrates that the politics of urban violence is a powerful new lens on the broader question of who governs in major developing world cities Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 Abbreviations 10 1. Rethinking the Politics of Urban Violence 14 2. Parties, Clientelism, and Violence: Exclusionary Political Order in Colombia 47 3. Medellin: Reshaping Political Order and Criminal Coexistence 68 4. Cali: The Derailment of a Pioneering Participatory Project 101 5. Bogota: Building and Branding a Global City 135 6. The Politics of Urban Violence: Comparisons and Next Steps 169 Notes 198 References 212 Index 232 "Cities, Business, and the Politics of Urban Violence in Latin America analyzes and explains the ways in which major developing world cities respond to the challenge of urban violence, introducing business as a pivotal actor in the political economy of urban violence"--Page [4] of cover