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Violent non-State Actors and New Forms of Governance: Exploring the Colombian and Venezuelan Border Zone
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Abstract This article explores the causes underlying a strong presence of violent non-state actors (VNSAs) in South America. Based on a case study of the border area between Colombia and Venezuela, the research relies on a broad empirical data collected from newspapers, official documents and interviews. The... view more
This article explores the causes underlying a strong presence of violent non-state actors (VNSAs) in South America. Based on a case study of the border area between Colombia and Venezuela, the research relies on a broad empirical data collected from newspapers, official documents and interviews. The analytical perspective has been grounded on a theoretical framework of four dimensions: (i) funding and illegal activities, (ii) presence in strategic regions, (iii) low state presence and (iv) violence, which identifies different forms of presence of VNSAs. When questioned about how VNSAs create new forms of alternative governance in a territorial space of fragile statehood, the results tend to reveal a context in which state governance seems to overlap the alternative and illegal governance of VNSAs, creating a fragile and hybrid governance in the region.... view less
Keywords
Colombia; Venezuela; South America; border region; violence; criminality; paramilitary group; governance; failed state; corruption; crime fighting
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
violent non-state actors
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 6-18
Journal
Journal of Human Security, 15 (2019) 1
ISSN
1835-3800
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed