Paramilitarism and Neoliberalism

Jasmin Hristov

Description

The people of Colombia have, for the last fifty years, been subject to a specific form of violence: paramilitarism. An embodiment of the dark underbelly of global capitalist accumulation, this form of pervasive violence expresses the exacerbation of social inequalities and class formation under capitalism. In Paramilitarism and Neoliberalism, Jasmin Hristov theorises this extreme expression in light of forced displacement, labour repression, subjugation of social movements, decentralisation of violence, drug trafficking and the emergence of a variety of para-institutional armed actors across Latin America.



The activities of paramilitary groups in the postdemobilisation era, their involvement in human rights violations, and their multilevel support networks inside major state institutions are documented, with a particular emphasis on violent dispossession and illegal land appropriation that has benefited agroindustries and mining enterprises. Hristov engages in a Marxist political economy approach, combined with a global sociological perspective, allowing for an expansive and deep-reaching understanding of paramilitarism as a phenomenon with many faces, ultimately illustrating how it is increasingly becoming the coercive counterpart of global capital.
Acknowledgements

List of Tables

List of Figures

List of Acronyms

Map of Colombia

Preface/Author’s Note

1. Introduction: The Spectre of Paramilitarism

2. Foundations for Theorizing Paramilitarism

3. From Colonialism to Neoliberalism: A History of Dispossession

4. Eight Years after the Demobilisation of the AUC: The Predatory State-Capital Alliance of Domination (2006–14)

5. Paramilitarism, Neoliberalism and Globalisation: Towards a New Analytical Framework

6. Conclusion

References

Index

Sujets

• Military Science
• Economic Policy
• Public Policy
• Political Ideologies
• POLITICAL SCIENCE
• Sciences et techniques
• Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia
• Paramilitary
• Globalization
• Political economy
• Technology
• Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
• Latin America
• Engineering
• Colonialism
• Colombia
• Forces armées révolutionnaires de Colombie
• AUC
• Mondialisation

Informations

• Publié par: Pluto Press
• Date de parution: 20 novembre 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783712328
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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Paramîîtarîsm and Neoîberaîsm

Paramîîtarîsm and Neoîberaîsm

Vîoent Systems o Capîta Accumuatîon în Coombîa and Beyond

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I dedîcate thîs work to the memory o all those who have dîed at the hands o the paramîlîtary and members o the Colombîan armed orces, polîce and specîal unîts.

Nî perdon, nî olvîdo

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Contents

1 Introduction: The Spectre of Paramilitarism  Who Exacty îs the Paramîîtary?  The Sîgnîficance o Paramîîtary Vîoence Beyond Coombîa  Why îs ît Necessary to Theorîze Paramîîtarîsm?  Organîzatîon o the Book

2 Foundations for Theorizing Paramilitarism  Capîta and Labour  State Power and Cass Domînatîon: The Iusîon o the  Poîtîca-Economîc Dîvîde  Capîtaîsm and Vîoence  Capîtaîst Vîoence Outsîde the State Apparatus  The Myrîad o Today’s Paraînstîtutîona Vîoent Actors  Conceptuaîzatîons o the Phenomenon o Paramîîtarîsm  în Coombîa  Crîtîque o the Exîstîng Conceptuaîzatîons o Coombîan  Paramîîtarîsm

3 From Colonialism to Neoliberalism: A History of Dispossession  Pantîng the Seeds o Poverty and Inequaîty: Conquest and  Coonîaîsm (1500–1810)  Wars o Independence and the New Repubîc (1811–1902)  Integratîon înto the Word Capîtaîst Economy and the  Chaenge rom Beow (1903–1989)  Neoîberaîsm and Mîîtarîzatîon: The Peace o the Rîch îs a  War Agaînst the Poor (1990–2013)

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Paramîîtarîsm as the Enaber o Economîc Domînatîon and  Poîtîca Rue (1990–2006) Socîa Movements: From Weath Redîstrîbutîon to Human  Rîghts to the Revîva o Land Strugges

Eight Years After the Demobilization of the AUC: The Predatory StateCapital Alliance of Domination (2006–2014) The Inventîon o BACRIM and the Invîsîbîîzatîon o  Paramîîtarîsm Paramîîtary Groups în a ‘Post-Paramîîtary’ Era: Dîspossessîon  and Repressîon Heaîng the Wounds: Prospects or Justîce and Reparatîons or  the Vîctîms o Paramîîtary Vîoence

Paramilitarism, Neoliberalism and Globalization: Towards a New Analytical Framework Fîrst Prîncîpe: Paramîîtarîsm as a Mutîdîmensîona Entîty Second Prîncîpe: Paramîîtarîsm as a Structura Socîa  Formatîon Thîrd Prîncîpe: The Paramîîtary and the State – a Dîaectîca  Reatîonshîp Paramîîtarîsm and the Transnatîonaîzatîon o the Coombîan  State

Conclusion

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2.1 Depîctîons o the Coombîan Armed Conflîct 2.2 Conceptuaîzatîons o the Paramîîtary în Coombîa 3.1 Percentage o Cîvîîan Deaths and Forced Dîsappearances or whîch the Paramîîtary was Responsîbe 3.2 Number o Unîonîsts Assassînated 2001–2006 3.3 Sources o Fundîng or the Paramîîtary 4.1 Cases o Forced Dîspacement în Medeín în 2009 4.2 Assassînatîons o Leaders and Supporters o Vîctîms o Forced Dîspacement 2007–2011 4.3 Number o Unîonîsts Kîed 2007–2011

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