Paramilitary groups and the state under globalization : political violence, elites, and security /: political violence, elites, and security. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jasmin Hristov, Jeb Sprague-Silgado, Aaron Tauss.
• Editors: Hristov, Jasmin; Sprague, Jeb; Tauss, Aaron
• Contents: Introduction Jasmin Hristov, Laila Bushra, Jeb Sprague, and Aaron Tauss 1. Theorizing Non-State Armed Actors in the Era of Economic Globalization: Beyond the Criminal and the Terrorist Jasmin Hristov and Laila Bushra Part One: Paramilitaries and Capital Accumulation 2. The Pro-Business Effects of Paramilitary Terror in Colombia: Appreciating Different Types of Political Violence and Their Economic Impacts David Maher 3. Paramilitarism in Progress: The War against Social Movements from Below in Honduras Jasmin Hristov and Karen Spring 4. Institutionalized Terror: Paramilitaries and the Guatemalan State Simon Granovsky-Larsen 5. Enforcing Accumulation in a Geo-Strategic Region: Paramilitaries in Oaxaca, Mexico Alessandro Morosin Part Two: The Struggle for the State: Paramilitarism as a Strategy of Movements from Above 6. Transnational Paramilitary Connections: Right-wing Violence in Venezuela as a Strategy to Restore Political Hegemony Eva Golinger, Jasmin Hristov, and Aaron Tauss 7. Conquering the Local Level: Connections and Frictions Between Local Governments and Paramilitaries in Uganda, Zimbabwe and Colombia Friedarike Santner 8. Shifts in Coercion under Globalization: Lessons from Haiti's Restructuring in the Global Era Jeb Sprague 9. Landowners, Politicians, and the Threat from Below: Emergence and Evolution of Paramilitary Groups in Chiapas, Mexico Julie Mazzei Part Three: Paramilitary Actors and State-Building 10. US Support for "Civilian Defence" Paramilitaries in Iraq and Afghanistan Andrew Thomson 11. Non-State Armed Actors and State-building: The Symbiotic Relationship between Paramilitary Forces and the State in Post-Soviet Georgia (1991-2012) Shukuko Koyama 12. The Violent Roots of the New Elite: Serbian Paramilitaries in the Transition from Socialism to Capitalism Maria Vivod Part Four: Variations in Paramilitary Structure and Purpose 13. Disturbing the Peace: Paramilitarism across Southeast Asia Shane J. Barter 14. Paramilitary Groups and Civilian Self-Defense Force Mobilization in Peru Steven T. Zech 15. God’s Vigilantes: Islamist Paramilitarism in Modern Pakistan Laila Bushra and Ali Khan Conclusion Laila Bushra, Jasmin Hristov, Jeb Sprague, and Aaron Tauss
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 303.6091724; Political violence -- Developing countries; Elite (Social sciences) -- Developing countries; Paramilitary forces -- Developing countries; Globalization -- Developing countries
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000530865; 9781000530827; 9780429279430
• Related ISBNs: 9780367233532
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