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Violence Entrepreneurs, Law and Authority in Colombia

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  • Jacobo Grajales

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Local power in Colombia has been profoundly restructured since the mid‐2000s, with the partial demobilization of paramilitary groups and the state's direct presence at the local level. This has led to the articulation of claims to new rights by internally displaced people, paving the way for new conditions of access to property and citizenship. However, paramilitary groups and their political and economic allies remain a de facto power in some areas. This contribution argues that a situation of rupture, seemingly characterized by a re‐monopolization of state violence, does not necessarily lead to the marginalization of criminal actors but to a reconfiguration of the links between statutory institutions and unofficial networks. This argument is based on an ethnographical exploration of claims regarding citizenship and property rights. The analysis of the strategies of rights claimants sheds light on the formation of both political authority and political subjectivity.

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  • Jacobo Grajales, 2016. "Violence Entrepreneurs, Law and Authority in Colombia," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 47(6), pages 1294-1315, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:devchg:v:47:y:2016:i:6:p:1294-1315
    DOI: 10.1111/dech.12278
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    1. Diana Ojeda & Nicholas Blomley, 2024. "Grounding legal geography: Conversations on law, space, and power across disparate geographies," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 42(3), pages 325-333, May.
    2. Hurtado-Hurtado, Carolina & Ortiz-Miranda, Dionisio & Arnalte-Alegre, Eladio, 2024. "Disentangling the paths of land grabbing in Colombia: The role of the state and legal mechanisms," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 137(C).
    3. Emily Stubblefield & Sandra Joireman, 2019. "Law, Violence, and Property Expropriation in Syria: Impediments to Restitution and Return," Land, MDPI, vol. 8(11), pages 1-14, November.

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