Paramilitary Groups and the State under Globalization

Paramilitary Groups and the State under Globalization

Political Violence, Elites, and Security

Tauss, Aaron; Hristov, Jasmin; Sprague, Jeb

Taylor & Francis Ltd

12/2021

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Introduction

1. Theorizing Non-State Armed Actors in the Era of Economic Globalization: Beyond the Criminal and the Terrorist

Part One: Paramilitaries and Capital Accumulation

2. The Pro-Business Effects of Paramilitary Terror in Colombia: Appreciating Different Types of Political Violence and Their Economic Impacts

3. Paramilitarism in Progress: The War against Social Movements from Below in Honduras

4. Institutionalized Terror: Paramilitaries and the Guatemalan State

5. Enforcing Accumulation in a Geo-Strategic Region: Paramilitaries in Oaxaca, Mexico

Part Two: The Struggle for the State: Paramilitarism as a Strategy of Movements from Above

6. Transnational Paramilitary Connections: Right-wing Violence in Venezuela as a Strategy to Restore Political Hegemony

7. Conquering the Local Level: Connections and Frictions Between Local Governments and Paramilitaries in Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Colombia

8. Shifts in Coercion under Globalization: Lessons from Haiti's Restructuring in the Global Era

9. Landowners, Politicians, and the Threat from Below: Emergence and Evolution of Paramilitary Groups in Chiapas, Mexico

Part Three: Paramilitary Actors and State-Building

10. US Support for "Civilian Defence" Paramilitaries in Iraq and Afghanistan

11. Non-State Armed Actors and State-building: The Symbiotic Relationship between Paramilitary Forces and the State in Post-Soviet Georgia (1991-2012)

12. The Violent Roots of the New Elite: Serbian Paramilitaries in the Transition from Socialism to Capitalism

Part Four: Variations in Paramilitary Structure and Purpose

13. Disturbing the Peace: Paramilitarism across Southeast Asia

14. Paramilitary Groups and Civilian Self-Defense Force Mobilization in Peru

15. God's Vigilantes: Islamist Paramilitarism in Modern Pakistan

Conclusion
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