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1 online resource (289 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Research in International Studies, Latin America Series
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Research in international studies. Latin America series.
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| Contents |
Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1: Neoliberalism or Neopoverty?; 2: The War on the Internal Enemy; 3: The Paraextension of the State's Coercive Apparatus; 4: The Debt to Humanity; 5: The Legalization of Illegality; 6: One of Colombia's "Internal Enemies"; 7: Features of the New Para-Narco-State; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
In Blood and Capital: The Paramilitarization of Colombia, Jasmin Hristov examines the complexities, dynamics, and contradictions of present-day armed conflict in Colombia. She conducts an in-depth inquiry into the restructuring of the state's coercive apparatus and the phenomenon of paramilitarism by looking at its military, political, and legal dimensions. Hristov demonstrates how various interrelated forms of violence by state forces, paramilitary groups, and organized crime are instrumental to the process of capital accumulation by the local elite as well as the exercise of poli. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Political persecution -- Colombia.
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Political persecution. |
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Colombia. |
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Paramilitary forces -- Colombia.
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Paramilitary forces. |
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Torture -- Colombia.
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Torture. |
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Political violence -- Colombia.
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Political violence. |
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Human rights -- Colombia.
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Human rights. |
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Colombia -- Politics and government -- 1974-
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Politics and government. |
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1974- |
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Since 1974 |
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Electronic books.
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Human rights. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Hristov, Jasmin. Blood and Capital : The Paramilitarization of Colombia. Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, ©2014 |
| ISBN |
9780896804661 (electronic book) |
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0896804666 (electronic book) |
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