The substitution program on trial: progress and setbacks of the peace agreement in the policy against illicit crops in Colombia
| Autor: | Camilo Vargas Acero, Diana Machuca |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Crops
Agricultural Coca Economic growth Government biology Health Policy Peacebuilding 030508 substance abuse Medicine (miscellaneous) Citizen journalism Colombia biology.organism_classification Power (social and political) 03 medical and health sciences Politics Policy 0302 clinical medicine Spanish Civil War Political science Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Product (category theory) 0305 other medical science |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Drug Policy. 89:103158 |
| ISSN: | 0955-3959 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103158 |
| Popis: | Background In 2016 the Colombian government and the country's most important guerrilla group - the FARC - signed a peace agreement that included the “definitive solution to the problem of illicit crops”. That solution has not arrived. Methods We tracked the design and implementation of the substitution program (PNIS) included in the peace agreement using an original set of in-depth interviews, press reviews and archival material, all of which were collected in different rounds of fieldwork between 2018 and 2020 in Bogota and three coca growing regions. Results We show that, as a product of several political pressures, the peace agreement introduced modifications to the standing policy against illicit crops that were favorable to peacebuilding, but also retained regressive aspects of that policy. However, following a shift in the balance of power, the policy returned to what it was during the war period. Conclusion We conclude by discussing the importance of developing a research agenda that explores both resistances to change in illicit crops policy, and the political coalitions needed to make change sustainable. |
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