Organized Violence After Civil War - The Geography of Recruitment in Latin America

This book analyzes primary source evidence from militia groups, demonstrating the driving forces behind the post-war trajectory of armed groups.

List of contents

1. Introduction - a farewell to arms?; 2. Theory of the postwar trajectories of armed organizations; 3. Violence and peace in Colombia; 4. Geography of recruitment and postwar organizational capacity; 5. Strategic interactions between armed groups and remilitarization; 6. The path to demilitarization: configuration of local militias in Antioquia; 7. Remilitarization, strong and weak: local and non-local militias in Catatumbo and Urabá/Córdoba; 8. Beyond Colombia: transitions from war to peace in comparative perspective; 9. Conclusion.

About the author

Sarah Zukerman Daly joined the University of Notre Dame faculty in 2013 as Assistant Professor in Political Science after receiving her Ph.D. in the subject from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her doctoral dissertation received the 2011 Lucian Pye Award for the Best Dissertation in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research interests lie in the fields of civil war, peace processes, international security, and ethnic politics with a regional focus on Latin America. Daly has served as a fellow in the Political Science Department and at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, California, at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University, New York, and at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, Massachusetts.

Summary

In Organized Violence after Civil War, Daly analyzes evidence from militia groups in Colombia, demonstrating the driving forces behind the post-war trajectory of armed groups. Using rich ex-combatant survey data and geo-coded information on violence the author explains the dynamics inside armed organizations and the strategic interactions between them.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Zukerman Daly, Sarah Zukerman (University of Notre Dame Daly, Daly Sarah Zukerman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781107566835
• ISBN: 978-1-107-56683-5
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparati; Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Political structure & processes, Revolutionary groups & movements, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Political structure and processes, Revolutionary groups and movements