{"product_id":"between-the-guerrillas-and-the-state-9780822350156","title":"Between the Guerrillas and the State","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow small-scale coca growers came together to oppose an eradication campaign by the Colombain government\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eBetween the Guerrillas and the State\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for those hoping to make sense of the Colombian quagmire. One of that country’s most prominent anthropologists, María Clemencia Ramírez, has a keen ethnographic sensibility and a deep knowledge of the social dynamics of the Colombian Amazon. Her book opens a window onto the complexities of the Colombian conflict in a way that few English-language publications have.”—\u003cb\u003eJoanne Rappaport\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eIntercultural Utopias: Public Intellectuals, Cultural Experimentation, and Ethnic Pluralism in Colombia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A meticulous account of how coca growing plays out in the labyrinth of southern Colombia, this book, by a seasoned Colombian anthropologist, illuminates the plight of the peasant no less than the double-talk promulgated by the unwinnable War on Drugs.”—\u003cb\u003eMichael Taussig\u003c\/b\u003e, Class of 1933 Professor, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003e“Brimming over with ethnographic and historical insights, this outstanding book speaks to central questions about social movements, violence, democratization, and the implementation of neoliberal policies in extremely poor regions. María Clemencia Ramírez looks at a grassroots social movement brought about by unlikely actors, rural farmers known as \u003ci\u003ecocaleros\u003c\/i\u003e, who grow and process coca (the main ingredient in cocaine) in order to survive. The \u003ci\u003ecocaleros\u003c\/i\u003e clamored for attention from a nearly absent state, which dismissed them, demonizing them as criminals. The irony is unmistakable, for the \u003ci\u003ecocaleros\u003c\/i\u003e’ claims-making deployed rhetorics coming straight out of neoliberal discourses that speak of citizen responsibility, participatory democracy, and self-actualization. \u003ci\u003eBetween the Guerrillas and the State\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant study of neocolonialism at work in a very violent part of southern Colombia.”—\u003cb\u003eJean E. Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e, co-editor of \u003ci\u003eIndigenous Movements, Self-Representation, and the State in Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It is refreshing to read accounts of grassroots resistance to the bullying of national governments that regard citizens as obstacles…. This compelling book makes a valuable contribution to the study of social movements while providing a nuanced understanding of what is really at stake when politicians in countries such as Colombia uncritically accept the narratives and agenda mouthed incessantly by their northern paymasters.” * Latin American Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eBetween the Guerrillas and the State\u003c\/i\u003e is...a rich and much-needed addition to our understanding of contemporary Colombia.”  -- Robert Karl * Hispanic American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eBetween the Guerrillas and the State\u003c\/i\u003e constitutes an insightful reminder that the 'political world' is rich with local and cultural meanings that are usually ignored in debates about public policy.” -- Ingrid Bolivar * EIAL *\u003cbr\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eBetween the Guerrillas and the State\u003c\/i\u003e, Maria Clemencia Ramirez has written an excellent analytical description of the cocalero movement in the Putumayo province in the Colombian Amazon during the 1990s.” -- Carmenza Gallo * Contemporary Sociology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations xiii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. History of Colonization, Marginalization, and the State: Guerrillas, Drug Trafficking, and Paramilitarism in the Colombian Amazon 21\u003cbr\u003e 2. Coca and the War on Drugs in Putumayo: Illegality, Armed Conflict, and the Politics of Time and Space 54\u003cbr\u003e 3. Turning Civic Movements into a Social Movement: Antecedents of the Cocalero Social Movement 86\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Cocalero Social Movement: Stigmatization and the Politics of Recognition and Identity 110\u003cbr\u003e 5. Negotiations with the Central Government: Clashing Visions over the \"Right to Have Rights\" 134\u003cbr\u003e 6. Competing States or Competing Governments? An Analysis of Local State Formation in a Conflict-Ridden Zone 167\u003cbr\u003e 7. From Social to Political Leadership: Gaining Visibility as Civil Society in the Midst of Increased Armed Conflict 183\u003cbr\u003e 8. Plan Colombia and the Depoliticization of Citizenship in Putumayo 214\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue 233\u003cbr\u003e Appendixes 239\u003cbr\u003e Notes 254\u003cbr\u003e References 283\u003cbr\u003e Index 297","brand":"MD - Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038663082327,"sku":"9780822350156","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822350156.jpg?v=1750940971","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/between-the-guerrillas-and-the-state-9780822350156","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}