ISBN:
9780190909550
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
,
Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
DDC:
355.021809861
Keywords:
Grenzgebiet
;
Gewalt
;
Politischer Konflikt
;
Organisiertes Verbrechen
;
Governance
;
Kolumbien
;
Ecuador
;
Venezuela
Abstract:
Borderlands are like a magnifying glass on some of the world's most entrenched security challenges. In unstable regions, border areas attract violent non-state groups, ranging from rebels and paramilitaries to criminal organizations, who exploit central government neglect. These groups compete for territorial control, cooperate in illicit cross-border activities, and provide a substitute for the governance functions usually associated with the state. Drawing on extensive fieldwork with more than 600 interviews in and on the shared borderlands of Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela - where conflict is rife and crime thriving - this text provides exclusive firsthand insights into these war-torn spaces. It reveals how dynamic interactions among violent non-state groups produce a complex security landscape with ramifications for order and governance both locally and beyond.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2019
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780190849146.001.0001
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190849146.001.0001
