Gillies, A. (2018) Theorising state-narco relations in Bolivia's nascent democracy (1982-1993): governance order and political transition. Third World Quarterly, 39(4), pp. 727-746. (doi: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1374839)
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Abstract
Conventional policy and academic discourses have generally held illicit drug economies in Latin America to be synergistic with violence and instability. The case of post-transition Bolivia (1982–1993) confounds such assumptions. Applying a political economy approach, this article moves beyond mainstream analyses to examine how the Bolivian drug trade became interwoven with informal forms of governance, order and political transition. I argue that state–narco networks – a hangover from Bolivia’s authoritarian era – played an important role in these complex processes. In tracing the evolution of these interactions, the article advances a more nuanced theorisation of the relationship between the state and the drug trade in an understudied case.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Gillies, Dr Allan |
| Authors: | Gillies, A. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Politics |
| Journal Name: | Third World Quarterly |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| ISSN: | 0143-6597 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1360-2241 |
| Published Online: | 25 September 2017 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2017 The Author |
| First Published: | First published in Third World Quarterly 39(4): 727-746 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons license |
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