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Sanchez, Melissa E.

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“…As Gonzalo Sánchez points out, the nature of Colombia's guerrilla activities is "extremely diversified in its regional and historical expressions," and rather than simply produce and replicate a single coherent revolutionary situation out of a diversity of subregional conditions, the guerrillas have more or less inserted themselves into locally constituted sociopolitical struggles. 30 Nevertheless, Caquetá remains a particularly telling case study for a number of reasons. First, the department has been characterized by a situation of dual sovereignty over the past thirty years.…”

Section: War Making and State Making In Caquetá 1975-2007mentioning

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Guerrilla Insurgency as Organized Crime

Hough

2011

Politics & Society

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The escalation of violence committed by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas against noncombatant civilians triggered a shift in the theoretical orientation of scholars who study Colombia's political economy. While previous explanations emphasized the sociopolitical "grievances" underlying guerrilla activities, recent explanations emphasize the "greed" motive, including guerrilla involvement in Colombia's illegal narcotics trade. In this article, the author posits an alternative explanation using Charles Tilly's theories of state formation to explain FARC activities in Caquetá, Colombia. Drawing from a longitudinal data set that documents the war making, state making, extraction, and protection activities of the FARC between 1975 and 2007, in addition to historical sociological methods, the author finds that increases in FARC repression stem from the growing militarization and paramilitarization of the region, which pressured the FARC to extract resources from the local population in a way that no longer served that population's legitimate protection interests.

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Section: War Making and State Making In Caquetá 1975-2007mentioning

confidence: 99%

Guerrilla Insurgency as Organized Crime

Hough

2011

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