Blood and Capital: The Paramilitarization of Colombia (Ohio RIS Latin America Series)
“Hristov’s rich description of the Colombian conflict with information based on the author’s fieldwork presents a valuable addition to the literature and presents an analysis that has become rare in the age of neoliberal ideological hegemony.”--The Americas“This is a well-researched resource examining paramilitary-state repression and the underlying political and economic conditions in Colombia that drive it.”--International Affairs“By making explicit the connections between neoliberal policies and paramilitarism, and the use of violence as a means of resource acquisition and the facilitation of a climate for its continuation, Hristov powerfully refutes attempts to oversimplify the conflict in Colombia and its justification as part of the ‘war on terror.’"--H-Human Rights“The description of Colombia that Hristov provides is expressed in an almost ‘structural-functional’ account of the way in which neoliberalism and paramilitarism are mutually supportive, how large numbers of marginalized and disadvantaged people are dispossessed and forcibly removed from their subsistance economies, where they are replaced by the exploitation of Colombia’s ample natural resources by dominantly foreign capital ably abetted by cunning comprador elites.”--The Innovation Journal“HopefullyBlood & Capitalwill receive the attention that it deserves, and Hristov’s meticulous research can be used to truly disarm the state coercive apparatus in Colombia.”--Upside Down World“The connections between the paramilitary and members of the government, the judiciary and armed forces in fact have been well documented, but (Jasmin Hristov) adds to this documentation a very sharp class analysis of the political dynamics involved.”--Socialist Studies