Construyendo lo global

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...

Se destaca el marco en el que se deben suscribir los tratados de comercio internacionales, por lo que en primera instancia se hace referencia a los principios y generalidades del ALCA y el TLC, pasando a estudiar los elementos jurídicos, y económicos relevantes en la negociación, y tercero se descubren los enclaves del interés extranjero. El estudio se contextualiza con datos relevantes tomados en el lapso entre 1990 y 2002.

"Very thoughtful study of a problem of the utmost importance for Colombia. The author analyzes the country's economic and political development since the post-war to better understand the profound changes it has undergone; he then proceeds to survey the known facts about the illegal drug industry. Within this context, Thoumi attempts to determine why Colombia developed, since the 1970s, a marijuana, and subsequently a cocaine, industry. Further, he evaluates the effects of the drug trade on the Colombian economy and social order. The final analysis suggests that Colombia's chances of reducing ...

La familia es "la generalidad de un fenómeno", pues no constituye un medio de acto formal sino de formación progresiva e incluso de vigencia precaria. Ahora la familia está en función del individuo, obedeciendo al ensanche del paisaje familiar el cual se extiende desde el grupo matrimonial pasando por grupos extramatrimoniales, reconstruidos u homosexuales, entre otros. Los diferentes tipos de familia adquieren la igualdad de las otroras familias