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A precarious peace? The threat of paramilitary violence to the peace process in Colombia (2018)
Journal Article
Maher, D., & Thomson, A. (2018). A precarious peace? The threat of paramilitary violence to the peace process in Colombia. Third World Quarterly, 39(11), 2142-2172. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2018.1508992

This article provides an investigation into claims that paramilitary violence in Colombia can pose a threat to the peace agreement signed in 2016 between the Colombian government and the FARC rebels. These claims highlight the capacity for paramilita... Read More about A precarious peace? The threat of paramilitary violence to the peace process in Colombia.

Civil war and uncivil development: economic globalisation and political violence in Colombia and beyond (2018)
Book
Maher, D. (2018). Civil war and uncivil development: economic globalisation and political violence in Colombia and beyond. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66580-1

This book challenges the conventional wisdom that civil war inevitably stymies economic development and that ‘civil war represents development in reverse’. While some civil wars may have adverse economic effects, Civil War and Uncivil Development pos... Read More about Civil war and uncivil development: economic globalisation and political violence in Colombia and beyond.