Marcos Alan Ferreira is an Associate Professor at Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Brazil, Visiting Professor at Universidad Núr, Bolivia, and Senior Research Fellow at Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). Previously he was Visiting Researcher at University of Manchester, UK, and Uppsala University, Sweden. His articles have been published in top journals like International Studies Perspectives, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding,Latin American Research Review, Trends in Organized Crime, Journal of Political Science Education, and others. His research is focused on the impacts of organized crime and state violence on peace in Brazil and South America.
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Criminal Non-State Actors
Marcos Alan Ferreira
This monograph addresses the role of criminal non-state actors in South America. In a departure from traditional analysis, the author notes that non-state actors that affect political and social life in the Global South are not always terrorist actors or the result of political disputes. In several countries, criminal actors with a high degree of complexity emerge, capable of performing violent actions that proportionally surpass the economy of crime. Furthermore,...
