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Abstract

This paper deals with the political nature of mafias that protect drug trafficking from a broadly mentioned but poorly studied aspect in the same concept of mafia, namely, the articulation of interests of diverse social groups within their protection offer. Both types of mafias, the ones that enjoy social control and the ones that do not enjoy major social interaction, aims to impose decisions favorable to their interests. The big difference is that decisions of the former ones tend to consider the social structure transformed by drug trafficking. Any attempt to repress these mafias means now an attack to the structural interests of diverse social groups. A specific case is used to illustrate this political approach on mafia: the war of Pablo Escobar against the Colombian state. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

Details

Title
Una lectura política de Pablo Escobar*/A political approach on Pablo Escobar
Author
Duncan, Gustavo
Pages
235-262
Publication year
2013
Publication date
Jul-Dec 2013
Publisher
UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT
ISSN
17945887
e-ISSN
25391208
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1470425164
Copyright
Copyright UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT Jul-Dec 2013