The rifle and the title: paramilitary violence, land grab and land control in Colombia

This study explores the links between land ownership contention, private violence and the state. Colombia presents a context where criminal actors participate in the regular functioning of public institutions. The study rejects normative conceptions about the link between criminal actors and the sta...

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Published in:The Journal of peasant studies 2011-10, Vol.38 (4), p.771-792
Main Author: Grajales, Jacobo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accumulation
armed militias
Colombia
Competition
Crime
Economic Development
Humanities and Social Sciences
Land
land contention
land grabbing
Land Ownership
Land reclamation
Land rights
Land tenure
Marxism
Militia
Offenders
Paramilitary Forces
paramilitary groups
Paramilitary organizations
Peasants
Political Violence
Property
State building
State Formation
Violence
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Summary:This study explores the links between land ownership contention, private violence and the state. Colombia presents a context where criminal actors participate in the regular functioning of public institutions. The study rejects normative conceptions about the link between criminal actors and the state. Crime and violence are not considered as extraneous factors, separated from the political game; they are analyzed as constitutive of logics of competition, accumulation and economic development, ultimately, elements in the process of state formation.
ISSN:0306-6150
1743-9361
DOI:10.1080/03066150.2011.607701