Blood and Capital Hristov, Jasmin

"In Blood and Capital: The Paramilitarization of Colombia," Jasmin Hristov examines the complexities, dynamics, and contradictions of present-day armed conflict in Colombia. She conducts an in-depth inquiry into the restructuring of the state''s coercive apparatus and the phenomenon of paramilitarism by looking at its military, political, and legal dimensions. Hristov demonstrates how various interrelated forms of violence by state forces, paramilitary groups, and organized crime are instrumental to the processes of capital accumulation by the local elite as well as the exercise of political power by foreign enterprises. After documenting the penetration of major state institutions by right-wing armed groups and the persistence of human rights violations against social movements and sectors of the low-income population, "Blood and Capital "raises crucial questions about the promised dismantling of paramilitarism and the validity of the so-called demobilization of paramilitary groups.

Product Attributes

Book Format:		Paperback
Number of Pages:		0263
Publisher:		Ohio University Press
Series Part:		48

BloomReach Content

Blood and Capital The Paramilitarization of Colombia (Paperback)

Product Details:

Rakuten