Screen LibraryBorderland battles : violence, crime, and governance at the edges of Colombia's war /
The post-cold war era has seen an unmistakable trend toward the proliferation of violent non-state groups-variously labeled terrorists, rebels, paramilitaries, gangs, and criminals-near borders in unstable regions especially. In Borderland Battles, Annette Idler examines the micro-dynamics among vio...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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The post-cold war era has seen an unmistakable trend toward the proliferation of violent non-state groups-variously labeled terrorists, rebels, paramilitaries, gangs, and criminals-near borders in unstable regions especially. In Borderland Battles, Annette Idler examines the micro-dynamics among violent non-state groups and finds striking patterns: borderland spaces consistently intensify the security impacts of how these groups compete for territorial control, cooperate in illicit cross-border activities, and replace the state in exerting governance functions. Drawing on extensive fieldwork |
| Carrier Form: | xxv, 466 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780190849153 0190849150 9780190849146 0190849142 |
| Index Number: | HN310 |
| CLC: | D777.588 |
| Call Number: | D777.588/I199 |