Semilla en tierra seca

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...

CONTENIDO: Un sistema bipartidista atípico y en transición / David Roll y Carlos Enrique Guzmán / - Un sistema bipartidista atenuado y en declive / Carlos Enrique Guzmán Mendoza / - Un sistema implicado a fenómenos endógenos de crisis de racionalidad / Farid Abud Hoyos / - Imagen y auto imagen de las elites parlamentarias en Colombia, 1994-2002 / Luisa Fernanda Salamanca Garnica / - Participación política indígena en el Congreso colombiano / Andrea del Pilar Escobar Gómez / - La participación política de las mujeres en los partidos políticos tradicionales y en el congreso...

"Exceptional studies on implications of specific reforms which followed adoption of 1991 constitution. Issues include waging of war and right to peace, Andean commercial integration, private property, and political reform"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"As the Samper government was rocked by allegations of drug-related corruption in the presidential campaign of 1994, Colombia's endemic crisis of governability, violence, and political participation took a dramatic turn for the worse. Moreover, Colombia/US bilateral relations degenerated into mutual accusations and recriminations. In this book, several of Colombia's leading political analysts assess this crisis and its implications for the maintainance of political stability and consolidation of democracy"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.