Jennifer S. Holmes is Associate Professor of Political Economy and Political Science at the University of Texas at Dallas and is the author of Terrorism and Democratic Stability.Sheila Amin Gutiérrez ee Piñeres is Professor of Economics and Political Economy, and Associate Provost at the University of Texas at Dallas.Kevin M. Curtin is Associate Professor of Geography at George Mason University in Virginia.

• Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Historical and Geographical Propensities to Violence Chapter 3: Colombian Economic History: Regional Context and Colombian Policies Chapter 4: The Main Actors in the 1990s and into the Twenty-first Century: Guerrillas and Paramilitaries Chapter 5: Differences within Colombia and Available Subnational Data Chapter 6: Guns and Protection: Guerrillas and Paramilitaries Chapter 7: The Effects of Illegal Drugs and Violence on the Colombian Economy Chapter 8: Acknowledging Constraints to Find Comprehensive Peace: The Four Cornerstones of Pacification Notes Bibliography Index

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