Guns, Drugs, and Development in Colombia

AvJennifer S. Holmes,Sheila Amin Gutiérrez de Piñeres

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-01-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:University of Texas Press
ISBN:9780292721548

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Jennifer S. Holmes is Associate Professor of Political Economy and Political Science at the University of Texas at Dallas and is the author of Terrorism and Democratic Stability.Sheila Amin Gutiérrez ee Piñeres is Professor of Economics and Political Economy, and Associate Provost at the University of Texas at Dallas.Kevin M. Curtin is Associate Professor of Geography at George Mason University in Virginia.

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"The use of an interdisciplinary approach, including geography, history, economics, and politics, gives this book a flavor that is distinct from others in the field... The data on economics and the impacts of drug production and drug trafficking are innovative and difficult to find elsewhere... A valuable resource." William L. Furlong, Professor of Political Science, Utah State University

Innehållsförteckning

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