Criminal Rebels? A Discussion of Civil War and Criminality from the Colombian Experience.

Abstract

The Colombian conflict seems a typical instantiation of a 鈥済reedy war鈥 and exhibits very strong links between criminal economic activities and rebel organizations. On the contrary, the author suggests that not even in Colombia does the 鈥渃riminal rebels鈥 thesis hold. On the other hand, the Colombian case shows that criminality and war mix in ways that escape a strictly economic interpretation of war.

Citation

Politics and Society (2004) 32 (4) 257-285 [doi: 10.1177/0032329204263074]

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Published 1 January 2004