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Josefina A. Echavarria - In/security in Colombia - 9780719079856 - V9780719079856
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In/security in Colombia

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Description for In/security in Colombia Hardback. A fascinating and comprehensive analysis of the official security discourse in Colombia, this book investigates discursive and material practices that write the identities of state, self and others. Series Editor(s): Lawler, Peter; Guittet, Emmanuel-Pierre. Series: New Approaches to Conflict Analysis. Num Pages: 288 pages, Tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.

Based on geo- and biopolitical analyses, this book reconsiders how security policies and practices legitimate state and non-state violence in the Colombian conflict.
Using the case study of the official Democratic Security Policy (DSP), Echavarría examines how security discourses write the political identities of state, self and others. She claims that the DSP delimits politics, the political, and the imaginaries of peace and war through conditioning the possibilities for identity formation.

In/security in Colombia offers an innovative application of a large theoretical framework on the performative character of security discourses and furthers a nuanced understanding of the security ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
New Approaches to Conflict Analysis
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719079856
SKU
V9780719079856
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About Josefina A. Echavarria
Josefina Echavarría A. is Lecturer in Peace Studies at the University of Innsbruck and in Latin American Studies at the University of Vienna -- .

Reviews for In/security in Colombia
Echavarría presents an important analysis of the discourse / consequences associated with the democratic security policy..." "... it succeeds in showing how the Uribe administration used its power to establish new boundaries for Colombian security policy.
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