Systems of Violence: The Political Economy of War and Peace in Colombia
This work examines the political, economic and military factors that have contributed to thirty-seven years of protracted violent conflict in Colombia. Using four years of field research, and more than 200 interviews, Nazih Richani examines Colombia's "war system" - the systemic interlacing relationship among actors in conflict, their respective political economy, and also the overall political economy of the system they help in creating. Two key questions are raised: Why do some conflicts...
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Examines the conditions that have led to protracted violence in Columbia. Booknews Richani (political science, Kean U.) examines the political, economic, and military factors that have contributed to 37 years of violent conflict in Colombia, based on four years of field research and some 200 interviews. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
AcknowledgmentsCh. 1Introduction1Ch. 2Institutional Failure: Genesis of the War System11Ch. 3The Military and the Comfortable Impasse37Ch. 4Guerrillas and the Impasse59Ch. 5Paramilitaries, Organized Crime, and the Dynamics of War93Ch. 6The Dominant Classes and the Prospects of Peace133Ch. 7Colombia's Civil War in Comparative Perspective157AppSelection of the Interview Population173Notes175Bibliograpby211Index221
\ BooknewsRichani (political science, Kean U.) examines the political, economic, and military factors that have contributed to 37 years of violent conflict in Colombia, based on four years of field research and some 200 interviews. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
