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List of contents
1. Introduction: Understanding the relation between war economies and post-war crime Sabine Kurtenbach and Angelika Rettberg 2. Can organised crime shape post-war transitions? Evidence from Sicily James Cockayne 3. What drives post-war crime? Evidence from illicit economies in Liberia and Sierra Leone Judith Vorrath 4. Commanding abuse or abusing command? Ex-command structures and drugs in Liberia Anders Themnér 5. Lost in transition: linking war, war economy and post-war crime in Sri Lanka Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits 6. Peacebuilding and white-collar crime in post-war natural resource sectors Philippe Le Billon 7. Large-scale land acquisitions and violence in post-war societies Annegret Kuhn 8. Gold mining in Colombia, post-war crime and the peace agreement with the FARC Frédéric Massé and Philippe Le Billon 9. Ex-combatants and violence in Colombia: are yesterday’s villains today’s principal threat? Enzo Nussio
About the author
Sabine Kurtenbach is a political scientist, Acting Director of the GIGA Institute of Latin American Studies, and Honorary Professor at the University of Marburg, Germany. Her research focuses on peace processes, post-war societies, youth, and institutions, with a specific regional focus on Latin America but also beyond.
Angelika Rettberg is Professor in the Political Science Department at Universidad de los Andes, in Bogotá, Colombia, and a Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO), Norway. Her research focuses on the political economy of armed conflict and peacebuilding.
Summary
This book explores the complex endeavour of transitioning out of war, studying how it interrelate with other transformations such as changes in political regime (democratisation) and the economy (markets opening to globalisation). It was first published as a special issue of Third World Thematics.
