Death squads or self-defense forces? : how paramilitary groups emerge and challenge democracy in Latin America /

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Mazzei offers a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics that facilitate the organization and mobilization of paramilitary groups (PMGs) that have arisen in Colombia, El Salvador, and Mexico. By offering an explanatory model of paramilitary emergence, she provides a framework to facilitate more effect...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mazzei, Julie
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Terrorism > Latin America.
Paramilitary forces > Latin America.
Terrorisme > Amérique latine.
Forces paramilitaires > Amérique latine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
Paramilitary forces
Terrorism
Latin America
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Chiapas: History Sets the Stage for Paramilitarism; 2 Paramilitary Groups of Chiapas: Targets, Triad, Foot Soldiers; 3 Precursors to Colombia's Autodefensas; 4 Colombia's Paramilitary Triad; 5 El Salvador: The Rise of Paramilitaries; 6 El Salvador's PMGs Peak and Recede; Conclusion: The PMG Triad; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

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