Democracy in Colombia: Clientelistic Politics and Guerrilla Warfare

ISBN-13: 9781138509092 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 350 str.

Jorge Pablo Osterling

Opis

In what is destined to prove the definitive text for the present generation on the political, economic, and social structure of Colombia, Jorge Pablo Osterling explores the enigmatic nature of this special, even critical, anchor to the northern tier of South America.

Spis treści

Preface Colombia's Democracy: Myth or Reality? Chapter 1 The Land and Its People 1 Chapter 2 Colombian History: From 1810 Independence to the Present Chapter 3 Government Chapter 4 The Colombian Political Parties: Their Clientelist Nature Chapter 5 Economic Interest Groups and Labor Unions Chapter 6 The Roman Catholic Church in the Mid-1980s: Its Waning Political Power Chapter 7 Violence, Terrorism, and Guerrilla Warfare in the Mid- 1980s

O autorze

Jorge Pablo Osterling was born in Peru and educated at the University of California in Berkeley, where he received his advanced degrees. He has taught at various Peruvian universities, was a fellow at Amsterdam's Inter-University Center for Latin American Research and Documentation, and served as a research scientist in the area studies program of the American University. Currently, he is visiting professor at Bogota's Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. He is the author of From Peasants to Professionals (in Spanish), various articles dealing with migration and contemporary urban problems, and several chapters in the Latin American Area Handbook Series.