Crisis e industrialización

"Careful and detailed portrayal of the professorial community and scholarly culture in the New Kingdom. Rightly insisting that intellectual development in Nueva Granada is not limited to the era of Charles III, despite an analytical focus on the Enlightenment, Silva traces growth of the university corporation over the entire colonial period in terms of numbers, identity, and influence"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"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...

CONTENIDO: La contribución de las reglas colectivas distantes - Los convenios de desempeño y la estructura institucional en el sector eléctrico - Del modelo neoclásico al modelo neoinstitucional - Los determinantes de la eficiencia y los criterios de evaluación - La economía neoinstitucional - La estrategia global y sus principios rectores - La estructura institucional y la política ambiental en Colombia - La estructura institucional y la regulación en el sector de las telecomunicaciones - La evidencia empírica y la estrategia institucional - El funcionamiento de los mercados y los...

Includes correspondance, literary works, philosophical and political essays and reports presented to the Colombian Congress.