The logic of the violence in the civil war: The armed conflict in Colombia

Estrada, Fernando (2014): The logic of the violence in the civil war: The armed conflict in Colombia. Published in: Perfil de Coyuntura Económica , Vol. 17, No. I (2011): pp. 165-194.

Abstract

This article proposes a reading of the armed conflict from an evolutionary design that takes into account the concept of private protection agencies in the works of Schelling / Nozick / Gambetta. Their aim is to assess the dynamics of conflict and changes from its author’s scientific output. A context of conflicts that includes new expressions of violence and the relative failure of the paramilitary reintegration involves using new analytical models (ar- gumentation, game theory and inconsistent information). The recent evolution of emerging gangs and their expansion into areas that were paramilitary camps requires monitoring not only of the government and the authorities, but those investigating the conflict in the present tense. The author provides heuristic research support from Schelling’s theory of strategy, Nozick’s agencies and the protection, and Gambetta’s recent contributions to the relationship between organized crime and drug cartels.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Schelling, War Civil, State, Gambetta, Leviathan, Cartel Markets, Organized crime
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D4 - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design; D - Microeconomics > D4 - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design > D43 - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection; D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty; D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D85 - Network Formation and Analysis: Theory; Y - Miscellaneous Categories > Y8 - Related Disciplines > Y80 - Related Disciplines

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