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Systems of Violence: The Political Economy of War and Peace in Colombia

Systems of Violence: The Political Economy of War and Peace in Colombia

Paperback

Series: Suny Global Politics

General Political ScienceSouth American History

ISBN10: 1438446942
ISBN13: 9781438446943
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jan 2 2014
Pages: 370
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.11 Depth: 8.98
Language: English

Expanded new edition of an important study of the protracted violence in Colombia.

This book 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 two hundred 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. Several key questions are raised, including when and why do some conflicts protract, and what types of socioeconomic and political configurations make peaceful resolutions difficult to obtain? Also addressed are the lessons of other protracted conflicts, such as those found in Lebanon, Angola, and Italy. In this expanded second edition Richani contributes new chapters looking at developments in Colombia since the book's initial publication a decade ago and a look at the challenges for peace that lie ahead.

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