Essays about: "Jakob Hedin"

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  1. 1. Criminal insurgencies and weak states : Understanding the structural causes of Colombian cartels

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Jakob Hedin; [2017]
    Keywords : Colombia; cartels; criminal insurgencies; state formation;

    Abstract : This paper discusses the socio-economic structural causes that favored the creation of drug cartels in Colombia. This paper argues that structural causes are often neglected from research on cartels and drug trafficking and the aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of how new policies can be achieved that are based on the comprehension of the deep socio-economic conditions which are a part of the very structures of Colombia and their relation to the cartels. READ MORE