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Abstract

Based on : Francisco Guti茅rrez San铆n, 'Criminal Rebels? A discussion of war and criminality from the Colombian Experience.' It is intended to provide a summary of the principal findings, and an indication of the implications these may have for debates over policy.

皇冠体育app Colombian conflict seems to be a typical instance of a 'greedy war', and exhibits very strong links between criminal activities and rebel organisations. Against this, Guit茅rrez suggests that not even in Colombia does Collier's 'criminal rebels' thesis hold, with the Colombian case showing that criminality and war mix in ways that escape a strictly economic interpretation of war. Analysing the experience of the two leading Colombian guerrilla armies (FARC and ELN), he demonstrates the need for a different framework for the understanding of wars waged by non- (or not strictly) materialistic soldiers.

Citation

Briefing Paper No. 8. Challenging the 鈥楥riminal Rebel鈥� thesis, 2003, London, UK; Crisis States Research Centre, 2 pp.

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