The Generalization of Particularized Trust. Paramilitarism and Structures of Trust in Colombia

This paper examines the relation between the politics of state formation and the accompanying appearance of social traps based on the example of Colombia. It shows that egregious exceptions to the rule of law, exemplified by the parapolitica and false positives scandals, are themselves a result of s...

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Autor principal: Jan Boesten
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: Universidad de Los Andes 2014
Materias:
Relaciones Internacionales
Socio-political trust
social capital
social trap
monopolization of violence
Colombia
paramilitarism
Acceso en línea:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=81231284010
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=co/co-003&d=81231284010oai
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topic Relaciones Internacionales
Socio-political trust
social capital
social trap
monopolization of violence
Colombia
paramilitarism
spellingShingle Relaciones Internacionales
Socio-political trust
social capital
social trap
monopolization of violence
Colombia
paramilitarism
Jan Boesten
The Generalization of Particularized Trust. Paramilitarism and Structures of Trust in Colombia
topic_facet Relaciones Internacionales
Socio-political trust
social capital
social trap
monopolization of violence
Colombia
paramilitarism
description This paper examines the relation between the politics of state formation and the accompanying appearance of social traps based on the example of Colombia. It shows that egregious exceptions to the rule of law, exemplified by the parapolitica and false positives scandals, are themselves a result of social traps, which are generated by the generalization of particularized trust. The generalization of particularized trust entails the incorporation of a closed trust network in the effort of monopolizing the means of violence against an internal insurgency.
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title The Generalization of Particularized Trust. Paramilitarism and Structures of Trust in Colombia
title_short The Generalization of Particularized Trust. Paramilitarism and Structures of Trust in Colombia
title_full The Generalization of Particularized Trust. Paramilitarism and Structures of Trust in Colombia
title_fullStr The Generalization of Particularized Trust. Paramilitarism and Structures of Trust in Colombia
title_full_unstemmed The Generalization of Particularized Trust. Paramilitarism and Structures of Trust in Colombia
title_sort generalization of particularized trust. paramilitarism and structures of trust in colombia
publisher Universidad de Los Andes
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