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Guns, Drugs, and Development in Colombia / Jennifer S. Holmes, Sheila Amin Gutiérrez de Piñeres, Kevin M. Curtin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780292793859
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.6/20986109045 22
LOC classification:
  • HN310.Z9 V5345 2008
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical and Geographical Propensities to Violence -- 3. Colombian Economic History: Regional Context and Colombian Policies -- 4. The Main Actors in the 1990s and into the Twenty-first Century: Guerrillas and Paramilitaries -- 5. Differences within Colombia and Available Subnational Data -- 6. Guns and Protection: Guerrillas and Paramilitaries -- 7. The Effects of Illegal Drugs and Violence on the Colombian Economy -- 8. Acknowledging Constraints to Finding Comprehensive Peace: The Four Cornerstones of Pacification -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: For decades, Colombia has contended with a variety of highly publicized conflicts, including the rise of paramilitary groups in response to rebel insurgencies of the 1960s, the expansion of an illegal drug industry that has permeated politics and society since the 1970s, and a faltering economy in the 1990s. An unprecedented analysis of these struggles, Guns, Drugs, and Development in Colombia brings together leading scholars from a variety of fields, blending previously unseen quantitative data with historical analysis for an impressively comprehensive assessment. Culminating in an inspiring plan for peace, based on Four Cornerstones of Pacification, this landmark work is sure to spur new calls for change in this corner of Latin America and beyond.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical and Geographical Propensities to Violence -- 3. Colombian Economic History: Regional Context and Colombian Policies -- 4. The Main Actors in the 1990s and into the Twenty-first Century: Guerrillas and Paramilitaries -- 5. Differences within Colombia and Available Subnational Data -- 6. Guns and Protection: Guerrillas and Paramilitaries -- 7. The Effects of Illegal Drugs and Violence on the Colombian Economy -- 8. Acknowledging Constraints to Finding Comprehensive Peace: The Four Cornerstones of Pacification -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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For decades, Colombia has contended with a variety of highly publicized conflicts, including the rise of paramilitary groups in response to rebel insurgencies of the 1960s, the expansion of an illegal drug industry that has permeated politics and society since the 1970s, and a faltering economy in the 1990s. An unprecedented analysis of these struggles, Guns, Drugs, and Development in Colombia brings together leading scholars from a variety of fields, blending previously unseen quantitative data with historical analysis for an impressively comprehensive assessment. Culminating in an inspiring plan for peace, based on Four Cornerstones of Pacification, this landmark work is sure to spur new calls for change in this corner of Latin America and beyond.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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