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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Kline, Harvey F. State building and conflict resolution in Colombia, 1986-1994. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1999 (OCoLC)607194177 |
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| Named Person: | Virgilio Barco; César Gaviria Trujillo; Virgilio Barco; César Gaviria Trujillo |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Harvey F Kline |
| ISBN: | 0817309438 9780817309435 |
| OCLC Number: | 39334772 |
| Description: | xviii, 240 p. : map ; 24cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: Attempts at Conflict Resolution in Colombia, 1986-1994 -- The Historical Context for Bargaining: The Weak Colombian State and the Emergence of Opposition -- Barco's Guerrilla Policy -- Barco's Drug Policy -- Self-Defense, Private Justice, and Paramilitary Groups: The Final Piece of the Jigsaw Puzzle -- Negotiations between the Government and the Guerrilla Groups -- Gaviria's Drug Policy -- The Gaviria Policy for Paramilitary Groups -- Changing the Colombian State: Constitutional and Judicial Reforms -- Conclusion: Assessment of Success. |
| Responsibility: | Harvey F. Kline. |
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Abstract:
Funded by the United States Institute of Peace, Harvey Kline traveled to Colombia to collect data for this study. Kline researched printed sources unavailable in the United States and interviewed numerous government officials, politicians, and scholars to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of state building through conflict resolution.
Kline concludes that Barco's and Gaviria's efforts at conflict resolution were only partially successful and points to three major culprits: the lack of a tradition of peaceful conflict resolution in the country; the increased possibilities of conflict with urbanization and modernization; and the vast amount of money brought to the country by the drug trade. Finding no significant improvement in the lives of Colombians, Kline sounds a note of pessimism for Colombia's future.
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- Colombia -- Politics and government -- 1974-
- Conflict management -- Colombia.
- Barco, Virgilio.
- Gaviria Trujillo, César.
- Guerrillas -- Colombia.
- Paramilitary forces -- Colombia.
- Drug dealers -- Colombia.
- Human rights -- Colombia.
- Gestion des conflits -- Colombie.
- Guérillas -- Colombie.
- Forces paramilitaires -- Colombie.
- Trafiquants de drogues -- Colombie.
- Droits de l'homme (Droit international) -- Colombie.
- Colombie -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1974-
- Guerrillabewegingen.
- Mensenrechten.
- Politiek.
- Drugshandel.
