Colombia a comienzos del nuevo milenio

"Excellent study by a team of Colombian social scientists of the recent evolution of Colombian-Venezuelan relations and their process of integration. Analyzes Colombian and Venezuelan roles in the other country's foreign policy, evolution of bilateral relations (1989-92), commercial relations, and negotiations and agreements on border, commercial, transportation, energy, environmental, and other issues. Concludes that integration process has lost momentum and recommends the reduction of the number and complexity of issues under discussion, while focusing attention on implementation of...

"Fine political geography of central Nueva Granada (Santa Fe prov.) was originally prepared as a master's thesis. Demonstrates how changing property boundaries and land use both illustrated and activated shifts in social power relationships. For example, the dislocation of indigenous communities helped weaken the corregidores de naturales, which, in turn, facilitated the rise of other local administrators and jurisdictions and quickened the pace of miscegenation and citizenship expansion"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Urban sociology monograph on the process of urbanization and characteristics of the low income urban population in Colombia - examines population growth, internal migration and rural migration, etc., includes information on the demographic aspects, family budget, land settlement patterns and housing facilities of the slum-dwellers and squatters, and comments on relevant political aspects and legislation. Bibliography pp. 97 to 102, graphs, illustrations and statistical tables.

Las negociaciones de paz en la Habana dinamizaron los escenarios de reflexión sobre los problemas de Colombia y pluralizaron las voces que han intervenido en estos. La etapa más retadora sucede tras el acuerdo: la construcción colectiva de un país más democrático, equitativo y potenciador de las diferencias entre unos y otros, que enriquecen esa pluralidad. Este libro articula la intervención de un grupo amplio y heterogéneo de filósofos en esta incierta etapa donde se juega el futuro del país. Intervenciones filosóficas, porque las tareas de precisar, aclarar y problematizar los...