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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Autor principal: Duncan, Gustavo (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 2022
En:Año: 2022
Acceso en línea: Índice
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Palabras clave:
Staat
Failed State
Begrenzte Staatlichkeit
Funktion
Drogenhandel
Organisiertes Verbrechen
Kartell
Korruption
Oligopol
Staatsgewalt
Herrschaftssystem
Kolumbien
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Sumario: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.
Notas:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 68-74
Descripción Física:74 Seiten, Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:9781108810326