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Contested borders: organized crime, governance, and bordering practices in Colombia-Venezuela borderlands
Based on the conceptualizations of organized crime as both an enterprise and a form of governance, borderland as a spatial category, and borders as institutions, this paper looks at the politics of bordering practices by organized crime in the Colombian-Venezuelan borderlands. It posits that contrar...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7657711/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33199954 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12117-020-09399-3 |
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author | García Pinzón, Viviana Mantilla, Jorge |
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description | Based on the conceptualizations of organized crime as both an enterprise and a form of governance, borderland as a spatial category, and borders as institutions, this paper looks at the politics of bordering practices by organized crime in the Colombian-Venezuelan borderlands. It posits that contrary to the common assumptions about transnational organized crime, criminal organizations not only blur or erode the border but rather enforce it to their own benefit. In doing so, these groups set norms to regulate socio-spatial practices, informal and illegal economies, and migration flows, creating overlapping social orders and, lastly, (re)shaping the borderland. Theoretically, the analysis brings together insights from political geography, border studies, and organized crime literature, while empirically, it draws on direct observation, criminal justice data, and in-depth interviews. |
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spelling | pubmed-76577112020-11-12 Contested borders: organized crime, governance, and bordering practices in Colombia-Venezuela borderlands García Pinzón, Viviana Mantilla, Jorge Trends Organ Crime Article Based on the conceptualizations of organized crime as both an enterprise and a form of governance, borderland as a spatial category, and borders as institutions, this paper looks at the politics of bordering practices by organized crime in the Colombian-Venezuelan borderlands. It posits that contrary to the common assumptions about transnational organized crime, criminal organizations not only blur or erode the border but rather enforce it to their own benefit. In doing so, these groups set norms to regulate socio-spatial practices, informal and illegal economies, and migration flows, creating overlapping social orders and, lastly, (re)shaping the borderland. Theoretically, the analysis brings together insights from political geography, border studies, and organized crime literature, while empirically, it draws on direct observation, criminal justice data, and in-depth interviews. Springer US 2020-11-12 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7657711/ /pubmed/33199954 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12117-020-09399-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article García Pinzón, Viviana Mantilla, Jorge Contested borders: organized crime, governance, and bordering practices in Colombia-Venezuela borderlands |
title | Contested borders: organized crime, governance, and bordering practices in Colombia-Venezuela borderlands |
title_full | Contested borders: organized crime, governance, and bordering practices in Colombia-Venezuela borderlands |
title_fullStr | Contested borders: organized crime, governance, and bordering practices in Colombia-Venezuela borderlands |
title_full_unstemmed | Contested borders: organized crime, governance, and bordering practices in Colombia-Venezuela borderlands |
title_short | Contested borders: organized crime, governance, and bordering practices in Colombia-Venezuela borderlands |
title_sort | contested borders: organized crime, governance, and bordering practices in colombia-venezuela borderlands |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7657711/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33199954 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12117-020-09399-3 |
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