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Paramilitaries and State Weakness in Elections by celsochini7106 is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document summarizes a research paper about how paramilitary groups can weaken states from within through the electoral process. It argues that paramilitaries arise when states are unable to defeat insurgent groups, and then use territorial control to elect allies to political office. Elected paramilitary allies in Rio de Janeiro have consistently sought to weaken state repression of paramilitaries through legislation, potentially contributing to the paramilitaries
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