Criminal non-state actors: historical developments and impacts in South America
-- Introduction: criminal entities as a distinct typology of non-state actors and its role in South America. -- Conceptualizing Criminal Non-State Actors. -- Governance Capacities and Criminal Non-State Actors: dominating the local to expand globally. -- Pioneering Criminal Non-State Actors in South...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Cham, Switzerland
Springer
[2025]
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| In: | Jahr: 2025 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | -- Introduction: criminal entities as a distinct typology of non-state actors and its role in South America. -- Conceptualizing Criminal Non-State Actors. -- Governance Capacities and Criminal Non-State Actors: dominating the local to expand globally. -- Pioneering Criminal Non-State Actors in South America: the rise and downfall of Colombia drug cartels and their consequences. -- Comando Vermelho: from a prison gang to a transnational criminal organization. -- Brazilian Criminal Organizations as Transnational Non-State Actors: the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC). -- Brazilian Amazon as locus of Criminal Non-State Actors in South America. This monograph addresses the role of criminal non-state actors in South America. In a departure from traditional analysis, the author notes that non-state actors that affect political and social life in the Global South are not always terrorist actors or the result of political disputes. In several countries, criminal actors with a high degree of complexity emerge, capable of performing violent actions that proportionally surpass the economy of crime. Furthermore, they are capable of carrying out actions beyond the state, in a transnational approach, connecting with criminal organizations in other countries and or even other violent non-state actors. This volume consolidates studies on criminal non-state actors in South America, analyzing their historical development, governance capacity, profiling key actors, and assessing their overall effect on international relations as a whole. As such, it will be useful to students and researchers interested in international security, criminology, Latin American studies, and peace and conflict studies. |
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| Physische Details: | 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 172 Seiten), Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-3-031-92509-2 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-031-92509-2 |
