Reformas políticas en Colombia

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...

"Straightforward introduction to history of Bogotá from colonial times to present. Shows how daily life changed over the centuries and how the city continually redefined itself by integrating people and customs from other parts of the country. Helpful maps, tables, bibliography, and capsule biographies of famous Bogotanos"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Una cuestión espinosa : la legitimidad y vigencia de una Constitución centenaria - De la utopía radical de 1863 a la contrarrevolución restauradora de 1886 - Reformismo constitucional y poder constituyente - Circunstancias, estilo y propósitos de las principales reformas - Conservadurismo bajo apariencia innovadora - Las supresiones y rechazos correctivos - Los refuerzos modernizantes - Vacíos, desgaste, deformaciones y desequilibrios del sistema - En busca de una salida democrática y justiciera - La constitución que no queremos ver.

La colonización rapaz: el Guaviare y el Vaupés (1920-1950) - La colonización armada: el guayabero - La colonización campesina: el Guaviare y el Ariari - De Calamar a Puerto Nuevo - Puerto Nuevo.