Paramilitary power and "parapolitics" : subnational patterns of criminalization of politicians and politicization of criminals in Colombia

The phenomenon of corruption in the context of civil wars is of increasing interest in scholarly literature. Colombia exhibits a particular case in which right-wing paramilitaries from the United Self-Defence of Colombia, strongly supported in drug tra*cking activities, colluded with local politicia...

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Main Author: Escobar, Mariana
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602747