Title : The Political Economy of Nicaragua's Institutional and Organisational Framework for Dealing with Youth Violence
Working Paper No : 65 (series 1)
Author(s) : José Luis Rocha Gómez
Date : June 2005
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Abstract:
This paper discusses the policies
and characteristics of the two main organisations that deal with
youth violence in Nicaragua. It reveals their problems,
deficiencies, ways of insertion into the institutional
framework, contradictory priorities, and dysfunctional
interactions. The paper presents the political interference that
characterises and shapes these policies and organisations,
subjecting their performance to power structures articulated by
the national elites’ hegemony, the weak capacity of the
Nicaraguan state apparatus, and the external nature of their
sources of legitimacy.