Between the Guerrillas and the State
The Cocalero Movement, Citizenship, and Identity in the Colombian Amazon
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 2011
328 pages
978-0-8223-9420-4 (ISBN)
Description
Uses 1996 strike by Colombian coca workers as site to study the state and social movements, analyzing how peasants denied full citizenship become political players in a way that defines the Colombian state in the international arena.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Durham, NC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
11 photographs, 8 tables, 8 maps, 4 figures
11 photographs, 8 tables, 8 maps, 4 figures
File size
2,45 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-8223-9420-4 (9780822394204)
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Maria Clemencia Ramirez
Between the Guerrillas and the State
The Cocalero Movement, Citizenship, and Identity in the Colombian Amazon
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07/2011
Duke University Press
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Between the Guerrillas and the State
The Cocalero Movement, Citizenship, and Identity in the Colombian Amazon
Book
07/2011
Duke University Press
€113.50
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María Clemencia Ramírez is a Senior Research Associate and a former Director (2005-2007) of the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History in Bogotá.
Content
Acknowledgments ix
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction 1
1. History of Colonization, Marginalization, and the State: Guerrillas, Drug Trafficking, and Paramilitarism in the Colombian Amazon 21
2. Coca and the War on Drugs in Putumayo: Illegality, Armed Conflict, and the Politics of Time and Space 54
3. Turning Civic Movements into a Social Movement: Antecedents of the Cocalero Social Movement 86
4. The Cocalero Social Movement: Stigmatization and the Politics of Recognition and Identity 110
5. Negotiations with the Central Government: Clashing Visions over the "Right to Have Rights" 134
6. Competing States or Competing Governments? An Analysis of Local State Formation in a Conflict-Ridden Zone 167
7. From Social to Political Leadership: Gaining Visibility as Civil Society in the Midst of Increased Armed Conflict 183
8. Plan Colombia and the Depoliticization of Citizenship in Putumayo 214
Epilogue 233
Appendixes 239
Notes 254
References 283
Index 297
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction 1
1. History of Colonization, Marginalization, and the State: Guerrillas, Drug Trafficking, and Paramilitarism in the Colombian Amazon 21
2. Coca and the War on Drugs in Putumayo: Illegality, Armed Conflict, and the Politics of Time and Space 54
3. Turning Civic Movements into a Social Movement: Antecedents of the Cocalero Social Movement 86
4. The Cocalero Social Movement: Stigmatization and the Politics of Recognition and Identity 110
5. Negotiations with the Central Government: Clashing Visions over the "Right to Have Rights" 134
6. Competing States or Competing Governments? An Analysis of Local State Formation in a Conflict-Ridden Zone 167
7. From Social to Political Leadership: Gaining Visibility as Civil Society in the Midst of Increased Armed Conflict 183
8. Plan Colombia and the Depoliticization of Citizenship in Putumayo 214
Epilogue 233
Appendixes 239
Notes 254
References 283
Index 297
