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Author Holmes, Jennifer S., author.

Title Guns, drugs, and development in Colombia / Jennifer S. Holmes, Sheila Amin Gutiérrez de Piñeres, Kevin M. Curtin
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 192 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction -- Historical and geographical propensities to violence -- Colombian economic history : regional context and Colombian policies -- The main actors in the 1990s and into the twenty-first century : guerrillas and paramilitaries -- Differences within Colombia and available subnational data -- Guns and protection : guerrillas and paramilitaries -- The effects of illegal drugs and violence on the Colombian economy -- Acknowledging constraints to find comprehensive peace : the four cornerstones of pacification
Summary "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."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-187) and index
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Subject Political violence -- Colombia
Cocaine industry -- Colombia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- General.
Guerrillas -- Colombia
Violencia política -- Colombia
Tráfico de drogas -- Colombia
Cocaine industry
Economic history
Political violence
Drogenhandel
Bewaffneter Konflikt
SUBJECT Colombia -- Economic conditions -- 1970- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85028483
Subject Colombia -- Situación económica
Colombia -- Política y gobierno -- 1990
Colombia
Kolumbien
Form Electronic book
Author Amin Gutiérrez de Piñeres, Sheila, author.
Curtin, Kevin M., 1967- author.
ISBN 9780292793859
0292793855
Other Titles Guns, drugs & development in Colombia