The Politics Of Coalition Rule In Colombia

Author : Jonathan Hartlyn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521102197

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The Politics of Coalition Rule in Colombia by Jonathan Hartlyn Pdf

From 1958 to 1986, Colombian politics were characterised by a series of coalition governments. This book analyses the historical antecedents, establishment and subsequent evolution of the political regime created in 1958. For most of this period, the country was governed by a National Front power-sharing system between the Conservatives and the Liberals, the country's two major parties. This system was initially established to prevent a return to the intense violence between the parties that had earlier led to a political breakdown and military rule. In crucial respects, the Colombian governing arrangement was similar to a number of other cases of coalition governments (termed consociational democracies), to which it is compared in the book.

Author : R. Albert Berry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0783721242

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Politics of Compromise by R. Albert Berry Pdf

Author : Scott Mainwaring
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107175525

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Party Systems in Latin America by Scott Mainwaring Pdf

This book generates a wealth of new empirical information about Latin American party systems and contributes richly to major theoretical debates about party systems and democracy.

Author : Robert Heller Dix
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173024483479

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The Politics of Colombia by Robert Heller Dix Pdf

As the relationship between the United States and Latin America becomes an important focus of world attention, The Politics of Colombia is a welcome study of this South American country. A comprehensive analysis of the international influences on Colombian politics, as well as of the country's policymaking processes, this book will introduce the reader to one of the more important, yet least known, countries of the hemisphere.

Author : Kevin J. Middlebrook
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801876530

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Conservative Parties, the Right, and Democracy in Latin America by Kevin J. Middlebrook Pdf

Under what conditions do political institutions develop that are capable of promoting economic and social elites' accommodation to democracy? The importance of this question for research on regime change and democracy in Latin America lies in two established political facts: alliances between upper-class groups and the armed forces have historically been a major cause of military intervention in the region, and countries with electorally viable national conservative parties have experienced significantly longer periods of democratic governance since the 1920s and 1930s than have countries with weak conservative parties. The contributors to this book examine the relationship between the Right and democracy in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru, and Venezuela during the 1980s and 1990s. The authors focus particularly on the challenges that democratization may pose to upper-class groups; the political role of conservative parties and their electoral performance during these two crucial decades; and the relationships among conservative party strength or weakness, different modes of elite interest representation, and economic and social elites' support for political democracy. The volume includes a statistical appendix with data on conservative parties' electoral performance in national elections during the 1980s and 1990s in these seven countries. Contributors: Atilio A. Borón, Universidad de Buenos Aires • Catherine M. Conaghan, Queen's University • Michael Coppedge, University of Notre Dame • John C. Dugas, Kalamazoo College • Manuel Antonio Garretón, Universidad de Chile • Scott Mainwaring, University of Notre Dame • Rachel Meneguello, Universidade de Campinas • Kevin J. Middlebrook, University of California, San Diego • Timothy J. Power, Florida International University • Elisabeth J. Wood, New York University.

Author : Tina Hilgers,Laura Macdonald
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107193178

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Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean by Tina Hilgers,Laura Macdonald Pdf

This volume examines violence across Latin America and the Caribbean to demonstrate the importance of subnational analysis over national aggregates.

Author : Howard J. Wiarda
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429711190

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Latin American Politics And Development, Fifth Edition by Howard J. Wiarda Pdf

This book offers a region-wide overview of the patterns and processes of Latin American history, politics, society, and development. It provides a detailed country-by-country treatment and unique features of all Latin American countries.

Author : Manuel José Cepeda Espinosa,David Landau
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190640385

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Colombian Constitutional Law by Manuel José Cepeda Espinosa,David Landau Pdf

This book provides in English the case law of the Colombian Constitutional Court, which has become one of the most creative and important courts of the global south and the world since its creation in 1991. It offers concise and carefully chosen extracts of the Court's most important cases, along with notes and introductory materials to place them in historical and comparative context. The book covers the Court's landmark rights jurisprudence, including the decriminalization of drug possession, the legalization of same-sex marriage, the protection of social rights through broad structural orders such as the ones covering internally displaced persons and the right to health. It also covers the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples to cultural autonomy and to be consulted before economic projects are undertaken on their land, and the rights of victims of the country's long-running internal armed conflict to truth, justice, and reparations. Also provided are the Court's most noteworthy structural cases, particularly its successful attempt to limit the use of states of exception and its substitution of the constitution doctrine, which allows it to strike down amendments that replace rather than amending core principles of the existing constitutional order. The materials focus on the Court's contributions in a comparative perspective, showing how they are exemplary of a range of problems faced by courts around the world and particularly as an example of aggressive judicial review by the courts of the global south. At the same time, they demonstrate how many of the Court's key cases - such as the judicial review of the peace process with guerrilla groups or the striking down of an amendment to allow a popular president to seek a third term - are reactions to the historical features of the Colombian legal and social landscape.

Author : Harvey F. Kline
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810878136

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Historical Dictionary of Colombia by Harvey F. Kline Pdf

Colombia is the fourth largest country in South America and one of the continent's most populous nations. It has substantial oil reserves and is a major producer of gold, silver, emeralds, platinum, and coal, along with a significant number of natural resources. Colombia has also been ravaged by a decades-long violent conflict involving outlawed armed groups, drug cartels, and gross violations of human rights. Recently the country has made some progress towards improving security, and President Santos has pledged to continue to improve security by passing laws to strengthen the judicial system; a reform of the manner of distributing royalties paid by mining and petroleum companies; and a tougher law against corruption. The Historical Dictionary of Colombia covers the history of Colombia through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and a bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Colombia.

Author : E. Restrepo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001-12-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781403920140

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Colombian Criminal Justice in Crisis by E. Restrepo Pdf

Most people believe that criminal justice in Colombia is rife with impunity and corruption. Elvira María Restrepo delves beneath such beliefs to reveal a system driven at a fundamental level by fear and distrust from outside the system itself. With the present difficulties in the country tantamount to a state of irregular war, the judiciary is in crisis. It has to contribute to the construction of peace and the reconstruction of trust, or perish.

Author : Harvey F. Kline
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429719011

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Colombia by Harvey F. Kline Pdf

Although Colombia is the third-largest country in Latin America, it has been little known until recent years and does not fit many of the patterns common to other countries in the region. Competition between political parties, for example, has always been more important than class conflict; there is no tradition of military dictatorship; and corporatist structures are weak. Over the past decade, however, Colombia has gained notoriety, principally as the supplier of 80 percent of the cocaine consumed in the United States. The second edition of this comprehensive country profile begins with a discussion of the blend of Andean and Caribbean characteristics that define Colombia, particularly in its geography, demography, and social structure. The author then presents a detailed political history that extends from before the arrival of the Spanish, including a portrait of early Amerindian populations, and continues through the turbulence of guerrilla, drug, and paramilitary violence in the 1980s and constitutional reforms of the 1990s. Harvey Kline argues that Colombia is now conscientiously attempting to alter historical patterns that have led it to play a key role in the international drug trade and to lead the world in the rate of homicides. A chapter on the economy offers a historical analysis of its evolution and examines economic and trade policies of recent presidents. Finally, the author looks at the international dimension of Colombian politics, especially its long-standing relationship with the United States and its increasingly important regional ties.

Author : James Manor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317897590

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Rethinking Third-World Politics by James Manor Pdf

Providing a thorough reassessment of our understanding of politics in Third World societies, this book contains some of the liveliest and most original analyses to have been published in recent years. The severity of the political and economic crisis throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America in the 1980s has highlighted the inadequacy of existing political science theories and the urgent need to provide new paradigms for the 1990s.

Author : Robert I. Rotberg
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815775725

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State Failure and State Weakness in a Time of Terror by Robert I. Rotberg Pdf

The threat of terror, which flares in Africa and Indonesia, has given the problem of failed states an unprecedented immediacy and importance. In the past, failure had a primarily humanitarian dimension, with fewer implications for peace and security. Now nation-states that fail, or may do so, pose dangers to themselves, to their neighbors, and to people around the globe: preventing their failure, and reviving those that do fail, has become a strategic as well as a moral imperative. State Failure and State Weakness in a Time of Terror develops an innovative theory of state failure that classifies and categorizes states along a continuum from weak to failed to collapsed. By understanding the mechanisms and identifying the tell-tale indicators of state failure, it is possible to develop strategies to arrest the fatal slide from weakness to collapse. This state failure paradigm is illustrated through detailed case studies of states that have failed and collapsed (the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, the Sudan, Somalia), states that are dangerously weak (Colombia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan), and states that are weak but safe (Fiji, Haiti, Lebanon).

Author : Bruce M. Bagley,Jonathan D. Rosen
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739192931

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Colombia's Political Economy at the Outset of the Twenty-First Century by Bruce M. Bagley,Jonathan D. Rosen Pdf

This volume examines Colombia’s political economy at the outset of the twenty-first century. A group of leading experts explores various issues, such as drug trafficking, organized crime, economic performance, the internal armed conflict, and human rights. The experts highlight the various challenges that Colombia faces today. This volume is a major contribution to the field and provides a current panorama of the Colombia conflict.

Author : David Bushnell
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1993-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0520082893

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The Making of Modern Colombia by David Bushnell Pdf

"I simply cannot think of an example of recent scholarship on Latin America that I found as thoroughly rewarding and enjoyable as this study."—Charles Bergquist, University of Washington