Estatalidad clientelizada en Regiones de Conflicto. Una Etnografía de Encuentros de una Comunidad de Paz colombiana con Instituciones estatales. - RESUMEN EJECUTIVO -

The book "Clientelized Statehood in Conflict Regions" aims to understand the conflictive relations between state institutions and civilian residents in the region of Urabá. The research focused the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, which, since 1997, has been cultivating peaceful coexistence in the midst of the Colombian conflict. The daily experiences of this community with various state institutions challenge the "absence of the state" argument that is central to most analyses of the Colombian conflict. The research aims to describe and analyze, first, the historical development of state structures in Urabá; second, the possibilities for action by a peasant community; and third, the encounters between these state institutions and the inhabitants of the Peace Community. The analysis of the paradoxical encounters between state institutions and members of the Peace Community reveals the responsibility of the "clientelized state" in the sociocultural production of the armed conflict. As a consequence, it underlines the need to question its role in the current Peace Process in a critical and serious manner.