Is There a Culture of Violence in Colombia

Bibliographic Data

ID4948926
AuthorsPeter Waldmann (University of Augsburg, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume19
Issue4
Pages593-609
Publication date2007-10-08
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTerrorism and Political Violence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0954-6553 • E-ISSN: 1556-1836
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09546550701626836
OpenAlexW2254556248
LanguageEN
Citations received16

During the past decade, economic factors have been given a prominent role in explaining political violence. The example of Colombia shows that economic factors can explain the ubiquitous nature of violence in that country only in the context of a socio-culturally rooted propensity to use violence. The study draws on relevant published research to identify evidence of a culture of violence in Colombia and discusses the structural conditions that allow or cause such a culture to arise. It is shown that violence in Colombia cannot be explained without taking into account cultural factors that are in turn dependent on other explanatory factors, including economic ones

Criminology · Political science · Sociology · Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia