Crítica de la economía política

Reforma del estado y desarrollo económico y social en Colombia - Economía, conflicto y gobernabilidad en Colombia.

CONTENIDO: Identidades y estado: La definición del sujeto político / Ingrid Johanna Bolívar / - El cultivo de la identidad natural. Paisaje, cultura y turismo en Montenegro, Quíndio / Julio Arias Vanegas e Ingrid J. Bolíver / - De repúblicas independientes a zona de despeje. Identidades y estado en los márgenes / María de la Luz Vásquez / - Nuevas formas de ser negro. Consideraciones sobre identidades entre la gente chilapa y negra del Bajo Atrato chocoano / Daniel Ruiz Serna / - Las identidades escenificadas: discursos y referentes para el autorreconocimineto / Ingrid Johanna...

"Important contribution to the social history of the New Kingdom and Cartagena de Indias, in particular. Spanish efforts first to comprehend and then control, if not eliminate, indigenous and African forms of alleged magic, whether religious or medical, illustrated imperial imperatives of domination and cultural transformation of subject peoples. First half of book establishes definitions and structures within which confrontation of Spanish and non-Western belief systems clashed. Second half provides a series of illustrative case studies. A glossary and documentary appendices augment the...

"The Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular, a well-known Colombian research center, coordinated analysis for this work as part of a multi-cultural project organized by the Asociación Peruana de Estudios y Investigaciones para la Paz. Investigates the culture of violence including its impact on daily life, the media, and the economy, as well as its relationship with narcotics and organized crime. Contributors are well-established scholars"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.