The frontier effect : state formation and violence in Colombia /

The frontier effect : state formation and violence in Colombia /

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Author / Creator:Ballvé, Teo, author.
Imprint:Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.
©2020
Description:ix, 212 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cornell series on land: new perspectives on territory, development, and environment
Cornell series on land.
Subject:
Political violence -- Colombia -- Urabá.
Paramilitary forces -- Colombia -- Urabá.
Colombia -- Politics and government -- 1974-
Paramilitary forces.
Political violence.
Colombia -- Urabá
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12041420
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ISBN:9781501747533
1501747533
9781501747540
1501747541
9781501747564
9781501747557
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This book disputes the commonly held view that Colombia's armed conflict is a result of state absence or failure, providing broader lessons about the real drivers of political violence in war-torn areas"--
Other form:Online version: Ballvé, Teo. Frontier effect. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020 9781501747564
Table of Contents:
  • Producing the frontier
  • Turf wars in Colombia's "red corner"
  • The paramilitary war of position
  • Paramilitary populism : in defense of the region
  • The masquerades of grassroots development
  • The post-conflict interregnum
  • Urabá : a sea of opportunities?.

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