{"title":"Beyond the politics of love: the challenges of paramilitary violence and the land question for Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro","authors":"Jasmin Hristov, Juan Camilo Arias","doi":"10.1080/07078552.2023.2186022","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article analyzes the prospects and challenges ahead for the Historic Pact leaders Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez following the 2022 presidential election in Colombia. It critically examines the government’s plan for addressing land redistribution and restitution, the continuing influence of paramilitary power over major state institutions, and the elites’ reliance on violence to maintain their economic domination.","PeriodicalId":39831,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Political Economy","volume":"104 1","pages":"55 - 68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Studies in Political Economy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07078552.2023.2186022","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract This article analyzes the prospects and challenges ahead for the Historic Pact leaders Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez following the 2022 presidential election in Colombia. It critically examines the government’s plan for addressing land redistribution and restitution, the continuing influence of paramilitary power over major state institutions, and the elites’ reliance on violence to maintain their economic domination.
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Studies in Political Economy is an interdisciplinary journal committed to the publication of original work in the various traditions of socialist political economy. Researchers and analysts within these traditions seek to understand how political, economic and cultural processes and struggles interact to shape and reshape the conditions of people"s lives.