Keywords
This article analyses the particularities of the institutional landscape in relation to the transformation and continuation of violence in contemporary Central America
arguing that one of the most significant aspects of this violence is the existence of a wide range of violent institutions and groups —state
private
civil
formal
informal
criminal—
and that these institutions are connected in various ways and at different scales. These connections or links
and the systemic introduction of these groups
that leads us to argue that violence and the groups that exercise it are becoming institutionalized to an alarming degree
something that constitutes an important element in the analysis of contemporary violence in the region. violencia
Centroamérica
grupos violentos
pandillas
institucionalización
arguing that one of the most significant aspects of this violence is the existence of a wide range of violent institutions and groups —state
private
civil
formal
informal
criminal—
and that these institutions are connected in various ways and at different scales. These connections or links
and the systemic introduction of these groups
that leads us to argue that violence and the groups that exercise it are becoming institutionalized to an alarming degree
something that constitutes an important element in the analysis of contemporary violence in the region. violencia
Centroamérica
grupos violentos
pandillas
institucionalización
How to Cite
Winton, A. (2014). Grupos violentos en Centroamérica: la institucionalización de la violencia. Desacatos. Revista De Ciencias Sociales, (37), 111–124. https://doi.org/10.29340/37.291