Between the Guerrillas and the State - The Cocalero Movement, Citizenship, Identity in Colombian Amazon

Informationen zum Autor María Clemencia Ramírez is a Senior Research Associate and a former Director (2005–2007) of the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History in Bogotá. Klappentext María Clemencia Ramírez is a Senior Research Associate and a former Director (2005–2007) of the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History in Bogotá. Zusammenfassung How small-scale coca growers came together to oppose an eradication campaign by the Colombain government Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations xiii Introduction 1 1. History of Colonization, Marginalization, and the State: Guerrillas, Drug Trafficking, and Paramilitarism in the Colombian Amazon 21 2. Coca and the War on Drugs in Putumayo: Illegality, Armed Conflict, and the Politics of Time and Space 54 3. Turning Civic Movements into a Social Movement: Antecedents of the Cocalero Social Movement 86 4. The Cocalero Social Movement: Stigmatization and the Politics of Recognition and Identity 110 5. Negotiations with the Central Government: Clashing Visions over the "Right to Have Rights" 134 6. Competing States or Competing Governments? An Analysis of Local State Formation in a Conflict-Ridden Zone 167 7. From Social to Political Leadership: Gaining Visibility as Civil Society in the Midst of Increased Armed Conflict 183 8. Plan Colombia and the Depoliticization of Citizenship in Putumayo 214 Epilogue 233 Appendixes 239 Notes 254 References 283 Index 297

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• Authors: Maria Clemencia Ramirez, Maria Ramírez, María Clemencia Ramírez
• Assisted by: Andy Klatt (Translation)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2011
• EAN: 9780822350156
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5015-6
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Südamerika, Politik und Staat, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, History - General History, HISTORY / Latin America / South America