What is it about?
Colombian internal war was one of the longest and toughest in the Western Hemisphere, during more than 50 years political elites sponsored a "civilian militarism" to avoid to be overthrown by insurgent groups. This generated a contradictory scenario where nominally there has been a democracy but many civilian freedoms have been limited over the years. Moreover, the military was empowered as a main social actor into the society.
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Why is it important?
This article study from an international perspective a local topic very important to understand postconflict scenario in Colombia after the peace agreement.
Perspectives
I hope this article allows scholar´s community to understand the Colombian case, regarding militarism and the ways that local political elites have to unfold this behavior in the country despite their attempts to be recognized internationally as one of the oldest democracies in the world context.
Saul M. Rodriguez
University of Ottawa
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This page is a summary of: Building civilian militarism: Colombia, internal war, and militarization in a mid-term perspective, Security Dialogue, January 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0967010617743201.
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