Organized violence after civil war
Subtitle: the geography of recruitment in Latin America
By: Sarah Zukerman Daly, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Series: Cambridge studies in comparative politics; Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9781107127586
Subjects: Politics and government; Militia movements; Paramilitary forces; Remilitarization; Soldiers; Political violence; Civil war
Description: "Nearly half of all countries emerging from conflict relapse into war within a few years of signing a peace agreement. The post-war trajectories of armed groups vary from demilitarization to remilitarisation. In Organized Violence after Civil War, Daly analyzes evidence from 37 militia groups in Colombia, demonstrating that the primary driving force behind these changes is the variation in recruitment patterns within, and between, the warring groups after peace accords. She documents the transition from war to peace in interviews with militia commanders, combatants and victims. Using rich ex-combatant survey data and geo-coded information on violence over forty years of war, Daly explains the dynamics inside armed organizations and the strategic interactions between them. She also shows how these theories can be used beyond Colombia, both within the region of Latin America and in the rest of the world"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-298).
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction: A farewell to arms?; title: 2. Theory of the postwar trajectories of armed organizations; title: 3. Violence and peace in Colombia; title: 4. Geography of recruitment and postwar organizational capacity; title: 5. Strategic interactions between armed groups and remilitarization; title: 6. The path to demilitarization : configuration of local militias in Antioquia; title: 7. Remilitarization, strong and weak : local and non-local militias in Catatumbo and Urabá/Córdoba; title: 8. Beyond Colombia : transitions from war to peace in comparative perspective; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix.