Estudio del comportamiento legislativo en Colombia

"La obra de Francisco Leal Buitrago recoge algunas de las principales contribuciones del sociólogo colombiano. El propósito de esta recopilación es celebrar la contribución de quien ha sido artífice fundamental del desarrollo de las ciencias sociales en Colombia y poner al alcance de las nuevas generaciones de estudiantes y académicos el conocimiento pionero producido por Leal. Los temas que ha tratado -la preocupación por el Estado y el régimen, la seguridad y las sucesivas crisis- son fieles reflejos de las épocas que ha vivido el país; no en vano sus publicaciones aún hoy forman ...

"Interesting collection of essays on the national security challenges faced by Colombia and Latin America in the 1990s. The authors agree given the conditions created by the end of the Cold War - the rise of globalization and interdependence and the consolidation of democracy in Latin America - the old notions of national security focused on anticommunism, US leadership, the central role of the military and the regional hypotheses of conflict should be replaced by a new doctrine aimed at strengthening democracy, promoting South American cooperation, restructuring military-civilian relations,...

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.

"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...

The author details her early years in Paris, where she was raised amidst diplomats, literary masters, and artists, and her return to her native Colombia, where, as a senator, she went up against the powerful drug cartels.

"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.