State Building and Conflict Resolution in Colombia, 1986-1994 - Hardcover

Kline, Harvey F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0817309438 ISBN 13: 9780817309435

Publisher: University Alabama Press, 1999

Synopsis

During their presidencies, both Virgilio Barco Vargas (1986-90) and Cesar Gaviria Trujillo (1990-94) sought to end the long-running armed disturbance by the leftist guerillas, narcotics traffickers, and paramilitary groups who were controlling many parts of Colombia. Their attempts to use peaceful means - including indirect bargaining, changes to the constitution to increase democracy, and modifications in the judicial system to make it more effective in suppressing the country's lawbreaking elements - marked a strategic break with the government's 150-year reliance on force.

About this title

About the Author:

Harvey F. Kline is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Alabama. He is the author of State Building and Conflict Resolution in Colombia, 1986–1994; Chronicle of a Failure Foretold: The Peace Process of Colombian President Andrés Pastrana; and Showing Teeth to the Dragons: State-Building by Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, 2002–2006.

About this edition

• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0817309438
• ISBN 13: 9780817309435
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240