Violent non-State Actors and New Forms of Governance: Exploring the Colombian and Venezuelan Border Zone
Journal Title: Journal of Human Security - Year 2019, Vol 15, Issue 1
Abstract
This article explores the causes underlying a strong presence of violent non-state actors (VNSAs) in South America. Based on a case study of the border area between Colombia and Venezuela, the research relies on a broad empirical data collected from newspapers, official documents and interviews. The analytical perspective has been grounded on a theoretical framework of four dimensions: (i) funding and illegal activities, (ii) presence in strategic regions, (iii) low state presence and (iv) violence, which identifies different forms of presence of VNSAs. When questioned about how VNSAs create new forms of alternative governance in a territorial space of fragile statehood, the results tend to reveal a context in which state governance seems to overlap the alternative and illegal governance of VNSAs, creating a fragile and hybrid governance in the region.
Authors and Affiliations
Rafael Duarte Villa, Marília Carolina Souza Pimenta
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- EP ID EP471792
- DOI 10.12924/johs2019.15010006
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