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Borderland battles : violence, crime, and governance at the edges of Colombia's war /

This book argues that borderlands intensify security threats at the conflict-crime nexus. It demonstrates the multiple insecurities that arise from complex interactions among rebels, criminals, and other violent non-state groups. Challenging urban biases and state-centric views, it draws on unpreced...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Idler, Annette, 1985- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Border security > Colombia.
Violence > Colombia.
Insurgency > Colombia.
Crime > Colombia.
Colombia > Boundaries > Ecuador.
Ecuador > Boundaries > Colombia.
Colombia > Boundaries > Venezuela.
Venezuela > Boundaries > Colombia.
Sécurité frontalière > Colombie.
Violence > Colombie.
Révoltes > Colombie.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Border security
Boundaries
Crime
Insurgency
Violence
Colombia
Ecuador
Venezuela
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book argues that borderlands intensify security threats at the conflict-crime nexus. It demonstrates the multiple insecurities that arise from complex interactions among rebels, criminals, and other violent non-state groups. Challenging urban biases and state-centric views, it draws on unprecedented multi-year fieldwork in the war-torn marginalized Colombian-Ecuadorian and Colombian-Venezuelan borderlands.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190849160
0190849169
9780190909550
0190909552