129 research outputs found
Exploding Crime? Topic Management in Central American Newspapers
No full textHuhn S, Oettler A, Peetz P. Exploding Crime? Topic Management in Central American Newspapers. GIGA Working Papers. Vol 33. Hamburg: GIGA; 2006.It has become common to state that criminal violence has superseded political violence in
Central America. This paper presents the first results of a research project which analyses
the social construction of violent realities in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Nicaragua. The
authors describe the print media landscape in Central America and examine both the quality
of leading newspapers and the main clusters of topics constituting the news discourse
on violence. The analysis of the macro-structure of topic management in Central American
newspapers allows to differentiate the “talk of crime”: it is more heterogeneous than often
thought. There are signs that the problem of juvenile delinquency is emerging as the center
of a cross-country discourse on “ordinary violence”. On the other hand, the talk of
crime is centered around few topic clusters, with sexual violence and border-related discourse
on violence being of key importance. Finally, the paper points to a heterogeneous
array of discourse events that is connected to political developments and power-relations
Discourses on Violence in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua: Youth, Crime, and the Responses of the State
No full textThe paper analyzes the social construction of youth violence in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and El Salvador on the one hand, and the related security policies of the three states, on the other. In each country, there is an idiosyncratic way of constructing youth violence and juvenile delinquency. Also, each country has its own manner of reaction to those problems. In El Salvador youths are socially constructed as a threat to security, and the state implements predominantly repressive policies to protect citizens against that threat. In Nicaragua and Costa Rica, where the social discourse on youth violence is less prominent, the state's policies are neither very accentuated nor very coherent, whether in terms of repressive or nonrepressive measures. There are strong relations and mutual influences between the public's fear (or disregard) of youth violence and the state's policies to reduce it.Central America, youth violence, security policies, discourse analysis
Discourses on Violence in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua: Laws and the Construction of Drug- and Gender-Related Violence
No full textIn Central America, legislation aiming to reduce violence and crime has become an important topic in the security debate. Focusing on Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, this paper analyzes laws and other legal texts regarding the trade in and consumption of drugs on the one hand, and gender-related violence on the other. It shows how the content and the wording of legal texts contribute to the social construction of stereotyped offenders, such as youth gang members, drug users, or foreign nationals. The legal texts in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua reflect both the hegemonic and the counter-discursive influences on each country’s legal discourse.Central America, violence, drugs, gender, legal discourse
Imaginaciones y Percepciones. Si estudiantes de Costa Rica, El Salvador y Nicaragua fueran presidentes…
No full textHuhn S, Peetz P, Oettler A, eds. Imaginaciones y Percepciones. Si estudiantes de Costa Rica, El Salvador y Nicaragua fueran presidentes…. Cuaderno de Investigación. 2008;24
Discursos cotidianos de inseguridad
No full textHuhn S, Oettler A, Peetz P. Discursos cotidianos de inseguridad. Cuadernos de investigación de la UCA. 2008;24:7-20
La telaraña de los discursos sobre la vilencia en Centroamérica
No full textHuhn S, Oettler A, Peetz P. La telaraña de los discursos sobre la vilencia en Centroamérica. Iberoamericana. América Latina – España – Portugal. 2005;19:188-193
Violencia, seguridad y el Estado: los fundamentos discursivos de las políticas de seguridad ciudadana en Centroamérica
No full textHuhn S, Peetz P. Violencia, seguridad y el Estado: los fundamentos discursivos de las políticas de seguridad ciudadana en Centroamérica. In: Rivera F, ed. Seguridad multidimensional en América Latina. Quito: FLACSO; 2008: 351-368
Jugendbanden in Costa Rica, El Salvador und Nicaragua – zur sozialen Konstruktion einer teuflischen Tätergruppe
No full textHuhn S, Oettler A, Peetz P. Jugendbanden in Costa Rica, El Salvador und Nicaragua – zur sozialen Konstruktion einer teuflischen Tätergruppe. In: Imbusch P, ed. Jugendliche als Täter und Opfer von Gewalt. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften; 2010: 213-241
Blocked Democracies in Central America
No full textArgueta O, Huhn S, Kurtenbach S, Peetz P. Blocked Democracies in Central America. GIGA Focus International. Vol 5/2011. Hamburg: GIGA; 2011
Blockierte Demokratien in Zentralamerika
No full textHuhn S, Argueta O, Kurtenbach S, Peetz P. Blockierte Demokratien in Zentralamerika. GIGA Focus Lateinamerika. Vol 10/2011. Hamburg: GIGA; 2011
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