Fighting monsters in the abyss : the second administration of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez, 2006-2010 / Harvey F. Kline.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kline, Harvey F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Colombia--History--21st century.

Human rights.

Political violence--Colombia--History--21st century.

Political violence.

Justice, Administration of--Colombia--History--21st century.

Justice, Administration of.

Colombia--Politics and government--1974-.

Colombia.

Uribe Vélez, Álvaro, 1952-.

Uribe Vélez, Álvaro.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University Alabama Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

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.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8884-2

OCLC:

926014649