El estado social de derecho y la rama judicial

Se analiza, desde el enfoque disciplinario de la ciencia política, los múltiples factores y procesos asociados con las elecciones para Congreso y Presidencia de 2002. Los capítulos, elaborados por los más destacados analistas políticos colombianos y extranjeros, tratan del contexto electoral, los resultados de las elecciones, la decisión de voto, la distribución partidista de las curules en el Senado, género y política, el voto urbano y el impacto de la violencia en la participación electoral, y asimismo el importante asunto de la organización electoral.

"Excellent study by a team of Colombian social scientists of the recent evolution of Colombian-Venezuelan relations and their process of integration. Analyzes Colombian and Venezuelan roles in the other country's foreign policy, evolution of bilateral relations (1989-92), commercial relations, and negotiations and agreements on border, commercial, transportation, energy, environmental, and other issues. Concludes that integration process has lost momentum and recommends the reduction of the number and complexity of issues under discussion, while focusing attention on implementation of...

"A regional study of indigenous resistance to Spanish colonialism during the 16th-18th centuries, based on archival research, oral history, and secondary literature. The protagonists of the story include the Embera, the Burumia, the Tule, and the Carauta, who all lived near the Atrato river. Data on parcialidades, encomenderos, and population are presented in tables. Several maps illustrate the text"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"Innovative volume, which begins with precolumbian Muiscas and ends in 1940s, inserts history of chicha drinking within broader legislative and medical history of Colombia. Relationship between hygiene, nation-building, urban expansion, and growth of popular culture is explored within this framework"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.