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Crime and the Construction of Political Order in Latin America

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AriasEnrique Desmond, Criminal Enterprises and Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Figures, tables, bibliography, index, 301 pp.; hardcover $99.99, paperback $31.99, ebook $26.00.

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2018

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