Joaquín Camacho

"Este libro forma parte de un estudio más extenso sobre el comportamiento legislativo en Colombia, en el que participaron varios profesores e investigadores del Departamento de Ciencia Política del a Universidad de los Andes. Es un intento de interpretación histórica del proceso político colombiano, analizando desde un punto de vista estrictamente científico"--Tomado de la contracarátula.

"Discussion by academics, government officials, and private sector leaders on the virtues of reducing the role of the Colombian State in favor of private interests, with the objective of increasing economic efficiency. Although a selective process of privatization has long been praised as beneficial for economies such as Colombia's, major sales of nationalized industries have not yet been achieved and successive governments have failed to elaborate a comprehensive privatization plan. The authors describe the benefits of moving in this direction and point out that the new Constitution opens...

CONTENIDO: El genoma popular colombiano / Daniel Samper Pizano / - Corte y confección - Rifas, juegos y espectáculos - Chicle, chocolate, charme - Animalandia - Mercado de la fe - La cava criolla - Academia colombiana de la lengua - Decoración de interiores - Leyendas urbanas y rurales - El rebusque - Lobo publicidad - Parque automotor - Zona franca - Tradiciones populares - Colombia al instante - Cinemateca y televisora nacional.

"Ground-breaking, comprehensive multivolume history of the Huila dept. from pre-conquest to the present. Work is the product of the collaboration of diverse university faculty and regional specialists who utilized archival, published, and oral sources to write monographic essays on individual topics. Vol. 1 covers preconquest through the colonial era; vol. 2 covers independence through the 20th century; vol. 3 covers economic topics, social movements, colonization, government; vol. 4 covers education, daily life, women, health, diversions; vol. 5 covers literature, art, architecture....