La Irrupción del paraestado

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.

"Dos voces concurren en este libro. La de todo un pais y su historia, Colombia, y la del mayor exponente de sus letras: Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Un texto y un despliegue de fotografias que lo evocan y lo multiplican, aunque no lo explican, tarea imposible ya que el pais sigue siendo un enigma. Es la historia de Colombia magistralmente resumida. Una historia de contradicciones y calamidades, de luchas y crueldades, de osadias, triunfos y verdades. Una historia, no obstante, que mira esperanzada hacia el futuro, no importa cuan oscuro sea el presente. Tal la nota sugerente que le da Garcia...

Los tres articulos reunidos en este libro pretenden aportar elementos al debate sobre el lugar del trabajo psicosocial en el contexto colombiano y sobre los dilemas eticos y politicos que el mismo plantea a quienes lo financian, lo promueven y lo realizan.

"The buildings recognized as assets of cultural interest that have been selected to be part of this book make sense as structuring elements within the historical construction of the environment and the city of Bogotá. These buildings are not only part of the different urban fragments but who, in many cases, were promoters of the development of their areas, outstanding landmarks of the urban form, cultural or social references for citizens or outstanding examples for the architectural history of the city. " (HKB Translation taken from the introduction by Sheril Natalia Salazar Bayona)