Violencia política y formación del estado

"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 ...

"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.

Contains political declarations, speeches and other texts by 2014 Colombian presidential candidate Clara López Obregón, as well as political declarations, articles and columns about her and her party, Polo Democrático Alternativo, and interviews with and about her.

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...