Post-conflict Colombia and the Global Circulation of Military Expertise

Manuela Trindade Viana (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XIV, 276 Seiten

2022 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-96102-2 (ISBN)

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By challenging more common analyses that point to the existence of a "post-conflict scenario" in Colombia and those that resist the narrative of "success", both of which operate within the logic of presence/absence of violence, this book proposes instead that we think of "post-conflict" in terms of the transformation of the rules on the use of violence. The analysis unfolds in two parts: the first explores the conditions of possibility of the Colombian "success story" and the web of criteria legitimizing the "success", as well as the silencing mechanisms allowing for Colombia to circulate internationally as a formula to be replicated in other parts of the world; the second, focuses on the historicization of the mechanisms through which new rules are transmitted among the professionals of the public force, specifically the transformations of military schools and training centers in Colombia from times of "war" to "peace". The author argues that key to this transformation is a unique discursive articulation around the "military professional" which slides from "citizen-soldier" to "expert-soldier".

Manuela Trindade Viana is Adjunct Professor and Coordinator of the Undergraduate Program in International Relations at the Institute of International Relatins of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Ch 1 Introduction.- Ch 2 The construction of Colombia as a 'problematic country'.- Ch 3 The success and its 'monsters'.- Ch 4 The circuit, the 'military professional' and the limits of the discourse of modernization.- Ch 5 Counterinsurgency and the 'expert-soldier'.- Ch 6 The Transnational making of military savoirs.- Ch 7 Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	17.05.2022
Reihe/Serie	Critical Security Studies in the Global South
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 276 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	508 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte	circuit of savoirs • Conflict Resolution • Critical Security Studies • Latin America • Military • Violence
ISBN-10	3-030-96102-8 / 3030961028
ISBN-13	978-3-030-96102-2 / 9783030961022
Zustand	Neuware