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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 5(12), pp. 1001 - 1011
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.051203
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Administrative Macrocephaly and Inequality. Public Goods and Access Problems: The Case of Security in Guatemala
Eduardo Fern谩ndez Lui帽a *, Daniela Guzm谩n Matheu
Instituto de Estudios Pol铆ticos y Relaciones Internacionales (IEPRI), Francisco Marroqu铆n University, Guatemala
ABSTRACT
Nowadays, Guatemala faces a huge political opportunity resulting from the mobilizations that took place between the months of April and September 2015. Despite the civic commitment that these demonstrations have shown, the country continues to suffer numerous problems. One of them, certainly amongst the most important, is the social exclusion caused by unequal access to certain public goods. For many Guatemalans, security is one of the major national problems. Since the signing of the Peace Accords, the nation has suffered high rates of non-political violence that have prevented a firm consolidation of the political system as well as an advance towards the long-awaited democratic quality. This research paper presents a study of the Guatemalan National Civil Police (PNC). The study reveals that there is no relation between violent areas and police presence. The most violent departments are not the ones with more access to public security. Moreover, we confirm that the institution clearly suffers from administrative macrocephaly. In the Department of Guatemala, which holds approximately 20% of the country麓s population, there are more than 70% of the total existing police dependencies. The article ends with a reflection on the causes of such macrocephaly.
KEYWORDS
Guatemala, Inequality, Macrocephaly, National Civil Police
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Eduardo Fern谩ndez Lui帽a , Daniela Guzm谩n Matheu , "Administrative Macrocephaly and Inequality. Public Goods and Access Problems: The Case of Security in Guatemala," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 5, No. 12, pp. 1001 - 1011, 2017. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.051203.
(b). APA Format:
Eduardo Fern谩ndez Lui帽a , Daniela Guzm谩n Matheu (2017). Administrative Macrocephaly and Inequality. Public Goods and Access Problems: The Case of Security in Guatemala. Sociology and Anthropology, 5(12), 1001 - 1011. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.051203.