State, Political Power and Criminality in Civil War by Franci... - 9781032495873

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State, Political Power and Criminality in Civil WarAuthor(s): Francisco Gutirrez-Sann, Jos A. Gutirrez\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032495873, 978-1032495873\nSynopsis\nThis book revisits and reframes the old, but active, debate on the relationship between criminality and civil war by bringing both the state and political power into the equation. It argues that the terms in which the debate is generally posed are still inadequate to address the complexities of this relationship, showing how criminalisation and de-criminalisation are deeply political and hotly contested processes. The shifting movements towards the separation -or convergence- between criminality and politics are part of the processes of constitution of both political power and state. The chapters in the volume flesh out the mechanisms and social dynamics through which this takes place.\n\nThis edited volume will be of great interest to upper-l.