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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459861803321

Autore

Rosen Jonathan D.

Titolo

The losing war : Plan Colombia and beyond / / Jonathan D. Rosen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4384-5300-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

James N. Rosenau Series in Global Politics

Disciplina

363.4509861

Soggetti

Drug control - Colombia

Insurgency - Colombia

Counterinsurgency - Colombia

National security - Colombia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Timeline""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction""; ""Organization of the Book""; ""Puzzle One: Origins of Plan Colombia""; ""Puzzle Two: From Drug Trafficking to Narco-Terrorism""; ""Puzzle Three: Beyond Plan Colombia""; ""Puzzle Four: Theory and Method""; ""Methodological Approach and Techniques""; ""Levels of Analysis""; ""Theoretical Approach""; ""Neorealism""; ""Liberalism""; ""Constructivism""; ""Lessons and Analytical Contributions""; ""2 The Colombian Puzzle in Historical Context""; ""Drug Cultivation and Trafficking in Colombia""

""The Defeat of the Colombian Kingpins""""Domestic Dynamics: Internal Actors within Colombia""; ""Colombia and Its History of Weak Institutions""; ""The Clinton Administration""; ""1994: Republicans Take over Congress""; ""Ernesto Samper Toughens Stance on Drugs""; ""Counterproductive Policies: The U.S. Decertifies Colombia""; ""Conclusion""; ""3 The Origins of Plan Colombia""; ""The Pastrana Administration""; ""Pastrana Travels North""; ""U.S. Congressional Debate""; ""Understanding the Formation of Plan Colombia""; ""Financing of Plan Colombia""; ""Components of Plan Colombia""

""Military Components of Plan Colombia""""Aerial Eradication"";



""Alternative Development and Crop Substitution""; ""Strengthening Democracy and Institutions""; ""Conclusion""; ""4 Uribe and the Fusion of the War on Drugs with the War on Terrorism""; ""External Shock: September 11, 2001""; ""Uribe�s Vision and Reorientation""; ""New Goals of Plan Colombia""; ""Expansion of Military Operations""; ""Controlling Land Seized""; ""Equipment and Training""; ""Uribe Seeks to Secure Infrastructure""; ""Increase of Resources for Interdiction""

""Conceptual Analysis of Alternative Development Programs""""Results of Plan Colombia during the Uribe Administration: Successes against the FARC""; ""Victories against the AUC""; ""Weakening of the ELN""; ""Initial Successes Combating Corruption""; ""Parapolitics Scandal""; ""“False Positives� Scandal""; ""Human Rights Abuses""; ""Uribe Desires Passage of the Free Trade Agreement in Return for His Loyalty""; ""Conclusions""; ""5 Beyond Plan Colombia and Desecuritization""; ""Internal Displacement""; ""Uribe�s Departure from Power""; ""Election of Juan Manuel Santos""

""Santos Seeks to Assist Marginalized Communities""""The Victims and Land Restitution Law""; ""Addressing Internal Displacement""; ""Addressing Impunity""; ""Peace Talks""; ""Santos and the War on Drugs""; ""Conclusion""; ""6 Desecuritizing Plan Colombia""; ""Plan Colombia II""; ""Why Obama Would Want to Cut Plan Colombia""; ""Mexico, Not Colombia""; ""The Recession""; ""Speech Acts""; ""Conclusion""; ""7 Social Constructions of Colombia�s: An Analysis of Speech Acts from 1998 to 2009""; ""The Election of Pastrana""; ""Plan Colombia""; ""Leadership Transition""

""The Drugs and Terror Nexus""