Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Book Launch - In Blood and Capital: The Paramilitarization of Colombia by Jasmin Hristov


THURSDAY OCTOBER 1, 7pm
toronto women’s bookstore
73 Harbord Street (west of Spadina, south side)
free. all welcome. refreshments provided.
we regret that our washroom is not wheelchair accessible.

The Toronto Women’s Bookstore, the Department of Sociology (York), and Between the Lines invite you to celebrate the launch of an important new book -- Jasmin Hristov's Blood and Capital: The Paramilitarization of Colombia.

In Blood and Capital: The Paramilitarization of Colombia, Jasmin Hristov examines the complexities, dynamics, and contradictions of present-day armed conflict in Colombia. She conducts an in-depth inquiry into the restructuring of the state’s coercive apparatus and the phenomenon of paramilitarism by looking at its military, political, and legal dimensions.

Author Jasmin Hristov will speak about the complexities, dynamics, and contradictions of present-day armed conflict in Colombia, and she will be joined by guest speakers including David McNally (Professor of Political Science and author of Another World is Possible).

JASMIN HRISTOV is an advanced PhD candidate in sociology at York University, Toronto. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, Journal of Peasant Studies, Social Justice, and Latin American Perspectives.

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