masterThesis
Fragmentación del estado colombiano mediante el accionar de los grupos paramilitares: análisis de caso en el municipio de Segovia (Antioquia) para el periodo 2010-2018
Fecha
2018Registro en:
303.6 P613
Autor
Bran Piedrahíta, Lemy
Institución
Resumen
Introduction: Colombia has a long history of social conflict where guerrilla movements, drug trafficking groups and paramilitaries have converged, which has made the country a special case study for different academics; particularly in aspects related to state-building and its challenges concerning the existence of the conflict. Objective: To describe the factors that unveil the fragmentation of the Colombian state through the actions of paramilitary groups, this study looks at the municipality of Segovia (Antioquia) for the period 2010 to 2018. Methodology: A qualitative research approach was carried out, through a case analysis executed in three phases that included the use of various information-gathering techniques. Results: The presence of mining economies, the weakness and inefficiency of local institutions, the pathologies in the construction of the state, the weakening of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) processes, as well as the weakening of state capacities, were identified as direct factors influencing state fragmentation. Conclusions: Failures are identified in regards to the consolidation of infrastructural power of the Colombian state from the local dimension, which prevents the strengthening of institutions and the capacity of these to be able to govern the territories, particularly when they are spaces that have a strategic geographic position for legal and illegal actors.