- Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 252 pages) : map.
- Summary
- "Fighting Monsters in the Abyss studies the complex constraints and trade-offs the second administration of Colombian President Uribe (2006-2010) encountered as it attempted to resolve that nation's violent Marxist insurrection and to have a more efficient judicial system"--Provided by publisher.
- Uniform Title
- Fighting monsters in the abyss (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Fighting monsters in the abyss (Online)
- Subject
- Note
- "Fourth in the series ... on the attempts of Colombian presidents to end the endemic violence in their country. State Building and Conflict Resolution in Colombia, 1986-1994 covered the presidencies of Virgilio Barco and Cesar Gaviria; Chronicle of a Failure Foretold : The Peace Process of Colombian President Andres Pastrana dealt with the Andres Pastrana government; [and] the third was Showing Teeth to the Dragons : State-Building by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez, 2002-2006"--Preface.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-240) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- I. Historical background to the Colombian state in 2006 -- The concepts of the state and state building -- State building in Colombia before 1998 -- The immediate context : the Andrés Pastrana presidency and Álvaro Uribe's first term -- II. The legitimate monopoly of force challenge -- Violence and human rights during the second Uribe term -- Failure with guerilla groups during the second Uribe term -- III. The justice challenge -- The conflicts of president Uribe with the judicial branch -- Enforcement of the law of justice and peace -- Unsolved problems after the paramilitary demobilization : parapolitica and new emerging bands -- IV. Into the abyss? -- The difficulties coming from allowing the ends to justify the means -- Conclusion -- Epilogue.
- LCCN
- 2015016665
- OCLC
- ssj0001570257
- Author
Kline, Harvey F.
- Title
Fighting monsters in the abyss [electronic resource] : the second administration of Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, 2006-2010 / Harvey F. Kline.
- Imprint
Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2015]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-240) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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