Historia de la tristeza

El tema de reflexion en esa oportunidad fue el de las "Nuevas formas de participacion politica". Aqui se presentan tres aportes importantes para la discusion actual. En primer lugar, Medofilo Medina analiza los elementos que han configurado la participacion politica en Colombia. En segundo lugar, Fabio Velasquez y Ana Maria Jaramillo estudian el fenomeno en dos ciudades colombianas: Cali y Medellin, respectivamente. Mientras que en el primero el enfasis esta puesto en el acontecer historico nacional, los otros dos dirigen su mirada a la tradicion y a la experiencia politica reciente en el...

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...

"Essays by leading Colombian political economists review various aspects of contemporary Colombia including political parties, the congress, justice system, military, Catholic Church, social movements, and reform policies. Excellent review of the current scene"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.