The paper seeks to determine whether the use of Private Military and Security Companies strengthens military institutions and the provision of security or, on the contrary, questions the monopoly of the legitimate use of ...

Historians and anthropologists often see political violence as related to movements of social protest against established powers and political scientists stress the often-violent response of the state to these challenges. ...

Este artículo busca problematizar el concepto de monopolio de la violencia según el cual el Estado es el único habilitado para ejercer fuerza de manera legítima o justificada. Ubica por tanto la discusión sobre si aquel detenta ...

What are the effects of war on political behavior? Colombia is an interesting case in which conflict and elections coexist, and illegal armed groups intentionally affect electoral outcomes. Nonetheless, groups use different ...

El artículo identifica las armas utilizadas por españoles, indios y criollos durante el siglo XVIII en el Tucumán (Jujuy). Desde una perspectiva de historia cultural se examinan diversos tipos de documentos para indagar ...

The law has an intrinsic relationship with the concept of power and authority, which, in most cases, is perceived as authorized, coercive and irresistible physical force. However, this work had the aim to demonstrate the ...