Description
Book SynopsisA fascinating and comprehensive analysis of the official security discourse in Colombia, this book investigates discursive and material practices that write the identities of state, self and others. -- .
Trade ReviewEchavarría presents an important analysis of the discourse / consequences associated with the democratic security policy..."
"... it succeeds in showing how the Uribe administration used its power to establish new boundaries for Colombian security policy.
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Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of tables
Introduction
1. An overview of the Colombian context
2. Theorising security discourses
3. The end of peace and the beginning of In/security
4. Identity categories constructed and produced by the Democratic Security Policy
5. Resistance and peaces
6. Final remarks: in/security, peaces, identities and politics
References
Index
