Acknowledgments
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Selective Security, the Coloniality of State Power, and Dispersed Coercion
Chapter 2: Wielding Power: Class, Race, and Politics
Chapter 3: Supporting Repression: The Coloniality of Dispersed Coercion
Chapter 4: Blurred Boundaries: A Continuum of Legal-Illegal Practices
Chapter 5: Security Narratives: Generals, Patrones, and Criminals
Chapter 6: Selective Security: Unstable Alliances,(Il)Legal Lawmaking, and the Silencing of Dissent
Chapter 7: The Law, the Land, and the Gun: The Coloniality of State Power in Making Private Property
Chapter 8: Enduring Violence
Bibliography
Notes
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