Structure for Opportunities for the Guerrilla (in Spanish)

Revista Andina de Estudios Políticos, Vol. 1, No. 9, 2011

11 Pages Posted: 18 Oct 2011 Last revised: 21 Oct 2011

See all articles by José Manuel Mejía Villena

José Manuel Mejía Villena

Instituto de Estudios Políticos Andinos; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos - Department of Political Science

Date Written: October 1, 2011

Abstract

This article is an analysis of the FARC around the theory of political opportunity structures. It begins by addressing the basic definitions and then get to see two of the dimensions that we believe affect (or did not affect) to the FARC: the opening of the polity and the change in political alignments. Is postulated the unequal political opportunities based on the following question: at what point of the transgressive development – or the "political evolution" of the challengers actors at the government – appears the political opportunity structures?

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Keywords: FARC, Colombian Guerrilla, Political Opportunities, Domestic Conflict

JEL Classification: N46

Suggested Citation

Mejía Villena, José Manuel, Structure for Opportunities for the Guerrilla (in Spanish) (October 1, 2011). Revista Andina de Estudios Políticos, Vol. 1, No. 9, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1945507

José Manuel Mejía Villena (Contact Author)

Instituto de Estudios Políticos Andinos ( email )

Lima, Lima
Peru

Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos - Department of Political Science ( email )

Lima, Lima
Peru

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