| ID | 177675 |
| Title Proper | Counter-insurgent paradox. How the FARC-EP successfully subverted counter-insurgent institutions in Colombia |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Gutiérrez, José Antonio |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Institutions are historical products shaped by power and contestation which don’t necessarily respond to the purpose for which they were originally created. I will explore how ‘communal action’ institutions created to contain the advancement of the insurgent movement in rural Colombia in the 1950s were eventually used by guerrillas, notably the FARC-EP. Through them, rebels advanced their political agenda, reinforcing their organisational work in rural communities. The strategic impact of this contradictory process, cannot be over-stated, for it turned the struggle of rebels against the State into a struggle fought squarely within the very structures of the State they antagonised. |
| `In' analytical Note | Small Wars and Insurgencies Vol. 32, No.1; Jan 2021: p.103-126 |
| Journal Source | Small Wars and Insurgencies Vol: 32 No 1 |
| Key Words | Colombia ; Institution-Building ; Counter-Insurgency ; FARC-EP ; Communal Actionrebel Governance |