El reconocimiento de 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...

"Important contribution to the social history of the New Kingdom and Cartagena de Indias, in particular. Spanish efforts first to comprehend and then control, if not eliminate, indigenous and African forms of alleged magic, whether religious or medical, illustrated imperial imperatives of domination and cultural transformation of subject peoples. First half of book establishes definitions and structures within which confrontation of Spanish and non-Western belief systems clashed. Second half provides a series of illustrative case studies. A glossary and documentary appendices augment the...

La presente obra reune ensayos que, desde seis perspectivas distintas, desde practicas y quehaceres profesionales diversos, apuntan en su propia medida a reflexionar en torno del interrogante con el que se abren sus paginas. En su itinerario, igualmente heterogeneo, se abarcan las relaciones entre enseñanza, arte y democracia, se transita por el periodismo , se indaga por la identidad, se escrutan las ideologias, en fin, se apuesta a la posiblidad de debatir y construir una cultura democratica

"Insightful study of Colombia's drug problem. First chapters challenge some accepted ideas concerning the narcotics issue and its criminal, security, diplomatic, and military implications. Later chapters address its international aspects, focusing particularly on the role played by the US. Concludes that Colombian-US relations will become even more 'complex, difficult and tense' as a result of tough US policies and the negative impact of Colombia's political weakness and disarray on the anti-drug effort"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.