| ID | 108343 |
| Title Proper | Rethinking insurgency |
| Other Title Information | criminality, spirituality, and societal warfare in the Americas |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Sullivan, John P ; Bunker, Robert J |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Driven by globalization, Internet communications technology (ICT), and new economic forms the nature of states may be changing. Transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) - including what are commonly known as cartels - are early adopters to the new political/economic landscape. In addition to seeking to rule the illicit economy, criminal actors (networked cartels and gangs) are challenging states through high-order violence and leveraging nascent social/spiritual movements (narcocultura) to potentially usher in a new political dynamic. These violent non-state actors (criminal soldiers) are insurgent actors. They are waging new forms of insurgency - criminal and possibly spiritual - that have the potential to reconfigure states. |
| `In' analytical Note | Small Wars and Insurgencies Vol. 22, No. 5; Dec 2011: p.742-763 |
| Journal Source | Small Wars and Insurgencies Vol. 22, No. 5; Dec 2011: p.742-763 |
| Key Words | Americas ; Cartels ; Commercial Insurgency ; Criminal Insurgency ; Mexico ; Narcocultura ; Societal Warfare ; Spiritual Insurgency ; State Reconfiguration |