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2008-01-01
A critique of “resource-based” theories of colombia’s civil war
UNA CRÍTICA A LAS TEORÍAS “BASADAS EN LOS RECURSOS” SOBRE LA GUERRA CIVIL EN COLOMBIA
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Civil War, Colombia, theories, empirical test (en)Guerra Civil, Colombia, Teorías, prueba empírica (es)
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In recent years, several Colombian scholars have studied this country’s civil conflict through the lenses of economic reasoning and state-of-the-art statistical testing. Their analyses place most of the explanatory burden of the conflict on the existence of lootable resources and organized crime, not on any specific socio-economic factor of Colombia’s reality (“objective causes”). This paper criticizes their claims while accepting their criteria and methods. In particular, it contends that their formal approach to civil conflicts is flawed, a flaw that carries over to the type of empirical tests conducted and that there are several gaps in the reasoning from statistical results to the overall interpretation of the conflict.
En los últimos años, varios académicos colombianos han estudiado el conflicto civil de este país a través de la lente del razonamiento económico y el examen estadístico de punta. Sus análisis ubican la mayor parte de la carga explicativa del conflicto en la existencia de recursos saqueables y crimen organizado, en vez de atribuirla a cualquier otro factor socioeconómico de la realidad colombiana (“causas objetivas”). Este trabajo critica sus posiciones aunque acepta sus criterios y métodos. En particular, sostiene que su enfoque formal hacia los conflictos civiles es impreciso, imprecisión que se debe al tipo de exámenes empíricos.
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Medina, L. F. (2008). A critique of “resource-based” theories of colombia’s civil war. Análisis Político, 21(62), 44–57. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/anpol/article/view/46011
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Medina, L.F. 2008. A critique of “resource-based” theories of colombia’s civil war. Análisis Político. 21, 62 (Jan. 2008), 44–57.
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Medina, L. F. A critique of “resource-based” theories of colombia’s civil war. Anal. político 2008, 21, 44-57.
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MEDINA, L. F. A critique of “resource-based” theories of colombia’s civil war. Análisis Político, [S. l.], v. 21, n. 62, p. 44–57, 2008. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/anpol/article/view/46011. Acesso em: 18 feb. 2025.
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Medina, Luis Fernando. 2008. “A critique of ‘resource-based’ theories of colombia’s civil war”. Análisis Político 21 (62):44-57. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/anpol/article/view/46011.
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Medina, L. F. (2008) “A critique of ‘resource-based’ theories of colombia’s civil war”, Análisis Político, 21(62), pp. 44–57. Available at: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/anpol/article/view/46011 (Accessed: 18 February 2025).
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L. F. Medina, “A critique of ‘resource-based’ theories of colombia’s civil war”, Anal. político, vol. 21, no. 62, pp. 44–57, Jan. 2008.
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Medina, L. F. “A critique of ‘resource-based’ theories of colombia’s civil war”. Análisis Político, vol. 21, no. 62, Jan. 2008, pp. 44-57, https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/anpol/article/view/46011.
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Medina, Luis Fernando. “A critique of ‘resource-based’ theories of colombia’s civil war”. Análisis Político 21, no. 62 (January 1, 2008): 44–57. Accessed February 18, 2025. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/anpol/article/view/46011.
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Medina LF. A critique of “resource-based” theories of colombia’s civil war. Anal. político [Internet]. 2008 Jan. 1 [cited 2025 Feb. 18];21(62):44-57. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/anpol/article/view/46011
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