Violencia política y trabajo psicosocial

"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,...

Como lo demuestran los casos recientes de Timor Oriental y Kosovo, el reconocimiento de nuevos Estados es un asunto de la mayor actualidad. Para comprender cabalmente procesos de esta naturaleza resulta fundamental el antecedente hispanoamericano, y en particular el de la República de Colombia (1819-1831), que encabezó durante su breve existencia la pugna diplomática independentista en la difícil coyuntura de las restauraciones europeas. ¿Cómo elevarse al rango de nación en un ambiente eminentemente hostil? Esta obra sugiere que la publicación de artículos de prensa, folletos,...

"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....

"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...