Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaCrimillegal Orders: Revisiting Organized Crime’s Political Power
Despite its relevance to understanding political change and instability in many parts of the global South, the relationship between organized crime and political order remains understudied. This article introduces the novel concept of “crimillegality” to address this issue. Taking recourse to the co...
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
2016
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| description | Despite its relevance to understanding political change and instability in many parts of the global South, the relationship between organized crime and political order remains understudied. This article introduces the novel concept of “crimillegality” to address this issue. Taking recourse to the conceptions of political order put forward by Weber, Fukuyama and North, Wallis and Weingast, I explain how regular patterns of social exchange and interaction - involving public and private, and state and non-state actors - that span an assumed divide between the realms of legality (“legitimate upper world”) and criminality (“illegitimate underworld”) influence the character, shape and evolution of political order. I suggest that it is in crimillegal orders that organized criminality acquires political power to its fullest and that oligopolies of coercion and violence are constitutive elements of such orders. The article concludes by presenting some ideas about how the concept of crimillegality could be usefully adopted in the fields of peace building and the mitigation of non-armed conflict violence in Latin America and other parts of the contemporary world. |
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| spelling | iconos-article-18992024-04-23T17:30:52Z Crimillegal Orders: Revisiting Organized Crime’s Political Power Órdenes crimilegales: repensando el poder político del crimen organizado Ordens criminal-legais: repensando o poder político do crime organizado Schultze-Kraft, Markus Crime organizado ordem política criminalidade legalidade ilegalidade crimilegalidade construção da paz violência. Organized crime political order criminality legality illegality crimillegality peace building violence. Crimen organizado orden político criminalidad legalidad ilegalidad crimilegalidad construcción de paz violencia Despite its relevance to understanding political change and instability in many parts of the global South, the relationship between organized crime and political order remains understudied. This article introduces the novel concept of “crimillegality” to address this issue. Taking recourse to the conceptions of political order put forward by Weber, Fukuyama and North, Wallis and Weingast, I explain how regular patterns of social exchange and interaction - involving public and private, and state and non-state actors - that span an assumed divide between the realms of legality (“legitimate upper world”) and criminality (“illegitimate underworld”) influence the character, shape and evolution of political order. I suggest that it is in crimillegal orders that organized criminality acquires political power to its fullest and that oligopolies of coercion and violence are constitutive elements of such orders. The article concludes by presenting some ideas about how the concept of crimillegality could be usefully adopted in the fields of peace building and the mitigation of non-armed conflict violence in Latin America and other parts of the contemporary world. A pesar de su relevancia para entender el cambio político y la inestabilidad en muchas partes del sur global, la relación entre el crimen organizado y los órdenes políticos sigue sin estudiarse a fondo. Este artículo introduce el novedoso concepto de “crimilegalidad” para abordar este asunto. Recurriendo a las concepciones de orden político elaboradas por Weber, Fukuyama y North, Wallis y Weingast, se explica cómo los patrones regulares de intercambio e interacción social –entre actores privados y públicos, y estatales y no-estatales que se extienden sobre la brecha que comúnmente divide al ámbito de la legalidad (“mundo legítimo”) del ámbito de la criminalidad (“bajo mundo ilegítimo”)– influyen en el carácter, la forma y la evolución del orden político. Se sugiere que es en los órdenes crimilegales donde la criminalidad organizada adquiere mayor poder político y que los oligopolios de la coerción y violencia son elementos constitutivos de tales órdenes. Este artículo concluye con algunas ideas acerca de cómo el concepto de crimilegalidad puede ser adoptado de manera útil en los ámbitos de la construcción de paz y la mitigación de la violencia no asociada con los conflictos armados en América Latina y otras partes del mundo contemporáneo. Apesar da sua relevância para entender a mudança política e a instabilidade em muitas partes do sul global, a relação entre o crime organizado e as ordens políticas continua sem ser estudada a fundo. Este artigo introduz o inovador conceito de “crimilegalidade” para abordar este assunto. Recorrendo às concepções de ordem política elaboradas por Weber, Fukuyama e North, Wallis e Weingast, explica-se como os patrões regulares de intercâmbio e interação social –entre atores privados e públicos, e estatais e não-estatais que se estende sobre a brecha que comumente divide ao âmbito da legalidade (“mundo legítimo”) do âmbito da criminalidade (“submundo ilegítimo)– influem no caráter, na forma e na evolução da ordem política. Sugere-se que nas ordens crimilegais onde a criminalidade organizada adquire maior poder político e que os oligopólios da coerção e violência são elementos constitutivos de tais ordens. Este artigo conclui com algumas ideias acerca de como o conceito de crimilegalidade pode ser adotado de maneira útil nos âmbitos da construção da paz e na mitigação da violência não associada aos conflitos armados na América Latina e em outras partes do mundo contemporâneo. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2016-05-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf text/html application/xml application/zip https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1899 10.17141/iconos.55.2016.1899 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; Núm. 55 (2016): La inseguridad en tiempos de paz. Nexos entre política y violencia criminal en América Latina; 25-44 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; n. 55 (2016): A insegurança em tempos de paz. Nexos entre política e violência criminal na América Latina; 25-44 Íconos. Revista de Ciencias Sociales; No. 55 (2016): Insecurity in peace time: The nexus between politics and criminal violence in Latin America; 25-44 1390-8065 1390-1249 spa https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1899/1433 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1899/2932 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1899/2933 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1899/2934 Derechos de autor 2016 Markus Schultze-Kraft https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/deed.es_ES |
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