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To date, the growing body of literature about Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) has focused primarily on questions of policy design. It has widely neglected the beneficiaries of policy and their lives beyond DDR programmes. The present study intends to balance this shortcoming by systematically describing the individual perspective of ex-combatants. Through a series of 62 interviews with former Colombian paramilitaries, the themes that are central to their lives are identified. The selection of the interviewees and the interview analysis draw on grounded theory. The goal of...

Entre 2005-2010 se desplegó en Colombia la política pública de "Seguridad Democrática", liderada por el régimen presidencial de Álvaro Uribe Vélez, cuyo objetivo era consolidar un proyecto político-militar de dominación de la sociedad civil. Los grupos y las clases subalternas, dispersas y en vías de organización, se movilizaron mediante protestas y luchas sociales, con las que alcanzaron cierta autonomía individual y colectiva frente al gobierno uribista y el Estado comunitario. Esta obra analiza la historia sociopolítica de los grupos y clases subalternas durante ese periodo, a ...

"Polemical historical study of the origins of Panamanian secession and the role played by Colombian domestic actors and the US government. The evolution of Colombian-Panamanian relations since 1903, with particular reference to the issue of the Panama Canal is also analyzed. Denounces support of Panamanian separatism and its appropriation of the Canal Zone but also criticizes the behavior of Colombian parties and administrations for generating Panamanian resentment, opening doors to foreign intervention and failing to pay adequate attention to the inter-oceanic canal issue. Interesting...

Cualidades : Bogotá herida - Calificaciones : Bogotá estética - Escenarios : Bogotá desafiante - Tiempos : bogotanos temperamentales - Marcas : bogotanos virtuales - Rutinas : bogotanos públicos - Ciudades cercanas - Ciudades lejanas - Ciudades anheladas.