MARÍA CLEMENCIA RAMÍREZ: Between the Guerillas and the State: The Cocalero Movement, Citizenship, and Identity in the Colombian Amazon. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2011.

Abstract

In Between the Guerillas and the State, anthropologist María Clemencia Ramírez provides new insights into the entangled cultural meaning(s) of being campesino/colono /cocalero Putumayenses (Putumayans) in the Colombian Amazon and the unexpected consequences of public policies regarding drug issues. The book is divided into eight chapters.