Title Paramilitary Groups and the State under Globalization Political Violence, Elites, and Security

Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (337 p.) Series Routledge Advances in Sociology Ser Routledge Advances in Sociology Ser Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Theorizing non-state armed actors in the era of economic globalization: beyond the criminal and the terrorist -- 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 -- 3 Paramilitarism in progress: the war against social movements from below in Honduras 4 Institutionalized terror: paramilitaries and the Guatemalan state -- 5 Enforcing accumulation in a geo-strategic region: paramilitaries in Oaxaca, Mexico -- 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 -- 7 Conquering the local level: connections and frictions between local governments and paramilitaries in Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Colombia 8 Shifts in coercion under globalization: lessons from Haiti's restructuring in the global era -- 9 Landowners, politicians, and the threat from below: emergence and evolution of paramilitary groups in Chiapas, Mexico -- Part three Paramilitary actors and state-building -- 10 US support for "civilian defence" paramilitaries in Iraq and Afghanistan -- 11 Non-state armed actors and state-building: the symbiotic relationship between paramilitary forces and the state in post-Soviet Georgia (1991-2012) 12 The violent roots of the new elite: serbian paramilitaries in the transition from socialism to capitalism -- Part four Variations in paramilitary structure and purpose -- 13 Disturbing the peace: paramilitarism across Southeast Asia -- 14 Paramilitary groups and civilian self-defense force mobilization in Peru -- 15 God's vigilantes: Islamist paramilitarism in modern Pakistan -- Conclusion -- Index Notes Description based upon print version of record Subject Globalization -- Developing countries Elite (Social sciences) -- Developing countries Political violence -- Developing countries Paramilitary forces -- Developing countries Elite (Social sciences) Globalization Paramilitary forces Political violence Developing countries Form Electronic book Author Sprague, Jeb Tauss, Aaron ISBN 9781000530827 1000530825

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