Parapolitics (disambiguation)

Parapolitics is a term for a 2006 scandal involving Colombian politicians and the paramilitary group the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia.

It may also refer to a political or political science theory. The term parapolitics has been used independently by several different researchers with very different meanings. It may refer to the concepts found in the work of:

• Raghavan Iyer, for whom parapolitics is a method of rethinking the foundations and frontiers of political principles, systems, and issues.
• Peter Dale Scott, who uses the term parapolitics as one aspect of his theory of "deep politics".
• Lobster, a UK magazine focused on how politics has been influenced by intelligence and security services.