Beyond 'plata o plomo': drugs and state reconfiguration in Colombia

This Element introduces the concept of oligopoly of coercion to interpretate the interaction between drug trafficking and reconfiguration of the state in Colombia. Three elements are central to this interpretation: corruption in oligopolies of coercion must be understood as a payment by drug traffic...

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Main Author: Duncan, Gustavo (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 2022
In:Year: 2022
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Staat
Failed State
Begrenzte Staatlichkeit
Funktion
Drogenhandel
Organisiertes Verbrechen
Kartell
Korruption
Oligopol
Staatsgewalt
Herrschaftssystem
Kolumbien
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: 1823133428
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Summary:This Element introduces the concept of oligopoly of coercion to interpretate the interaction between drug trafficking and reconfiguration of the state in Colombia. Three elements are central to this interpretation: corruption in oligopolies of coercion must be understood as a payment by drug traffickers for acting like a parallel state; the state criminalizes more drug as merchandise than drug as capital – its equivalent in money; the politics and war around drug trafficking in Colombia should be understood as the way in which peripheral societies access global markets through the ruling institutions of private armies. With these elements, the author focuses on the dynamics of the reconfiguration of the state in Colombia after the cocaine boom in the mid-70s and the evolution of the private armies in Colombia.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 68-74
Physical Description:74 Seiten Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:9781108810326
DOI:10.1017/9781108893909