02778nam 2200613 450 991082158600332120230228200959.00-8047-9567-39780804795678(ebook)(CKB)3710000000411027(MiAaPQ)EBC3568942(Au-PeEL)EBL3568942(CaPaEBR)ebr11055211(OCoLC)932322643(EXLCZ)99371000000041102720150527h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierDrugs, thugs, and diplomats U.S. policymaking in Colombia /Winifred TateStanford, California :Stanford University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (300 pages) illustrations, photographsAnthropology of Policy0-8047-9566-5 0-8047-9201-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : anthropology of policy -- Domestic drug policy goes to war -- Human rights policymaking and military aid -- Paramilitary proxies -- Living under many laws -- Origin stories -- Competing solidarities -- Putumayan policy claims -- Conclusion : Plan Colombia, Putumayo, and the policymaking imagination."In 2000, the U.S. passed a major aid package that was going to help Colombia do it all: cut drug trafficking, defeat leftist guerrillas, support peace, and build democracy. More than 80% of the assistance, however, was military aid, at a time when the Colombian security forces were linked to abusive, drug-trafficking paramilitary forces. Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats examines the U.S. policymaking process in the design, implementation, and consequences of Plan Colombia, as the aid package came to be known."--Publisher's descriptionAnthropology of policy (Stanford, Calif.)Drug controlUnited StatesDrug controlColombiaMilitary assistance, AmericanColombiaCounterinsurgencyColombiaParamilitary forcesColombiaUnited StatesForeign relationsColombiaColombiaForeign relationsUnited StatesColombiaPolitics and government1974-Drug controlDrug controlMilitary assistance, AmericanCounterinsurgencyParamilitary forces327.730861Tate Winifred1970-1074583MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821586003321Drugs, thugs, and diplomats3941610UNINA