{"product_id":"9780745335018","title":"Paramilitarism and Neoliberalism: Violent Systems of Capital Accumulation in Colombia and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe people of Colombia have, for the last fifty years, been subject to a specific form of violence: paramilitarism. An embodiment of the underbelly of global capitalist accumulation, this form of pervasive violence expresses the exacerbation of social inequalities and class formation under capitalism. In \u003ci\u003eParamilitarism and Neoliberalism\u003c\/i\u003e, Jasmin Hristov theorises this extreme expression in light of forced displacement, labour repression, subjugation of social movements, decentralisation of violence, drug trafficking and the emergence of a variety of para-institutional armed actors across Latin America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe activities of paramilitary groups in the post­demobilisation era, their involvement in human rights violations, and their multi­level support networks inside major state institutions are documented, with a particular emphasis on violent dispossession and illegal land appropriation that has benefited agroindustries and mining enterprises. Hristov engages in a Marxist political economy approach, combined with a global sociological perspective, allowing for an expansive and deep-reaching understanding of paramilitarism as a phenomenon with many faces, ultimately illustrating how it is increasingly becoming the coercive counterpart of global capital.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025433903344,"sku":"9780745335018","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780745335018_p0.jpg?v=1763635507","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780745335018","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}