Tagesarchiv: November 17, 2015

Nicaragua 0

Kolumbien zwischen Staatszerfall und Demokratisierung

Abstract [en]: Since decades Colombia has been embroiled in a spiral of violence from leftist guerilla, righist paramilitary organizations and state security forces. The everday violence has been led in a dramatic fragile statehood. Drug trafficking, repressive measures against civil society, violence and insecurity, weaken political institutions and a high degree of corruption dominated for decades the public view to...

Nicaragua 0

Gated Communities in Brasilien

Abstract [en]: More than 70% of the Brazilian population lives in cities, the centres of Brazilian society. Cities are the reflection of society, of processes and structures of social circumstances. The socio-spatial separation is remarkable: On the one hand, there are the often discussed poor districts (‘favelas’), on the other hand, the gated communities of the rich. The difference between...