Crítica de la economía política

"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...

CONTENIDO: Organización - Origen - Institucionalización - Fundamentos y problemas políticos - Marxismo y Lennismo - Bolivarianismo - El concepto de sociedad civil - Población civil y derecho internacional humanitario - Democracia y poder local - Dificultades del quehacer político - El problema urbano.

CONTENIDO: Retratos de un país asesino - Exorcismo a la violencia - Ni césares, ni caudillos - El poder del voto - Intelectuales en tiempos de crisis - La nación soñada: reflexiones finales.

"Exceptional studies on implications of specific reforms which followed adoption of 1991 constitution. Issues include waging of war and right to peace, Andean commercial integration, private property, and political reform"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.