Las piezas del rompecabezas

"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: Las reglas de fuego - Las apuestas de la Alcaldía - El plan de desarrollo distrital: actores y escenarios - Los planes de desarrollo de las localidades - Entender el presente para encarar el futuro.

"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...

Reúne los estudios que desde hace 20 años consagra con regularidad el autor a la evolución de la política colombiana. Se trata de escritos dirigidos al público francés publicados desde 1969 en la revista ProblËmes díAmérique Latine. No pretende ofrecer grandes esquemas explicativos sino describir las peripecias políticas, el ascenso y la caída de numerosos movimientos sociales, los problemas no resueltos y los múltiples conflictos.