Combination of All Forms of Struggle - Insurgent Legitimation and State Response to Farc

Investigating the relationship between FARC and the Colombian state from the outbreak of conflict in 1964 to the signing of the final peace agreement in 2016, Alexandra Rachel Phelan offers new insight into the dynamics of insurgencies.

List of contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I
1. Fighting, Talking, and the Political Dimensions of “Legitimacy” in Insurgency
2. Proto-state Normative Systems, “Legitimacy,” and a Framework of Insurgent Legitimation in Colombia
Part II
3. A Background of the Colombian Conflict and FARC’s Evolution
4. FARC Formation and “Self-Legitimation”: Appeals to Charismatic and Teleological Legitimation
5. In Pursuit of Power: FARC Consolidation, Eudaemonic Legitimation, and the Drug Trade
Part III
6. The Betancur, Barco, and Gaviria Administrations
7. The Samper and Pastrana Administrations
8. The Uribe Administrations (2002–2006 and 2006–2010)
9. The Santos Administrations (2010–2014 and 2014–2018)
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Alexandra Rachel Phelan is a lecturer in politics and international relations in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University. She is also the editor of Terrorism, Gender and Women: Toward an Integrated Research Agenda (2021).

Summary

Investigating the relationship between FARC and the Colombian state from the outbreak of conflict in 1964 to the signing of the final peace agreement in 2016, Alexandra Rachel Phelan offers new insight into the dynamics of insurgencies.

Product details

• Authors: Alexandra Rachel Phelan
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.12.2024
• EAN: 9780231217019
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21701-9
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, Politics & government, Politics and government, Irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare, HISTORY / Military / Guerrilla Warfare, Political science; history