After the boom. Fields of power in the Monzón valley
This article tries to explain what influence an illicit economy has on power structures in the margins of the state. Still, academic understanding on the influence of illegal economies on local order is limited. The concept of fields of power by Pierre Bourdieu offers analytical tools which allows t...
| Autor Principal: | Heuser, Christoph |
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Revista de Ciencia Política y Gobierno
2017
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http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/cienciapolitica/article/view/19306 |
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This article tries to explain what influence an illicit economy has on power structures in the margins of the state. Still, academic understanding on the influence of illegal economies on local order is limited. The concept of fields of power by Pierre Bourdieu offers analytical tools which allows to track more precisely the relationship between illicit economies and power. The case study on the valley of Monzón allows to present the effect of the coca economy as predominant factor during a boom period. The destruction of the coca economy by the Peruvian state offers on the other hand the opportunity to analyze the loss of this determinant factor for the power structures in a society. The article shows the importance for an illicit economy for the local field of power. This gives a better understanding on the influence of illicit economies and the effect of state intervention. |
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