| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 Andres Pastrana Presidency and Alvaro Uribe's first -- Term -- The legitimate monopoly of force challenge -- Violence and human rights during the second Uribe term -- Failure with guerilla groups during the second Uribe term -- 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 -- Into the abyss? -- The difficulties coming from allowing the ends to justify the means -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Average number of human rights violations in Colombia, 1982-90, according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights -- Comparison of human rights violations in Colombia in the Barco and Gaviria years, according to the Comision Intercongregacional de Justicia y Paz -- Levels of violence during the Alvaro Uribe Velez presidency, according to the National Planning Department -- Levels of violence, January-October 2002-9, according to the Fundacion Seguridad y Democracia -- Levels of homicide and kidnapping 2002-10, according to the Ministry of Defense -- Acts of war 2002-10, according to the Ministry of Defense -- Human rights violations during the Uribe years, according to the Centro de Investigacion y Educacion Popular -- Chronology of the arguments between President Uribe and the Supreme Court -- Information about the presence of emerging criminal bands in 2010 -- E.1. Comparison of the number of troops of the Colombian Armed Forces and the FARC, 1999 and 2012. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Uribe Vélez, Álvaro, 1952-
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Uribe Vélez, Álvaro, 1952- |
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Colombia -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Colombia. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Violence -- Colombia -- History -- 21st century.
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Violence. |
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History. |
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Human rights -- Colombia -- History -- 21st century.
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Human rights. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Human rights. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Kline, Harvey F. Fighting monsters in the abyss. Tuscaloosa, AL : The University of Alabama Press, [2015] 0817318801 9780817318802 (OCoLC)908991211 |
| ISBN |
9780817388843 (electronic book) |
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0817388842 (electronic book) |
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9780817318802 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0817318801 |
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