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By William Aviles

Explores the connections among globalization and democratization in Colombia.

Through the lens of worldwide capitalism idea, William Avilés examines democratization and civil-military family in Colombia to provide an explanation for how social and overseas forces ended in the ostensibly contradictory consequence of democratic and monetary reform coinciding with political repression. concentrating on the administrations in strength from 1990 to the current, Avilés argues that the aid within the institutional powers of the army in the country mirrored adjustments within the constitution of the worldwide economic system, the emergence of globalizing technocrats and politicians, and shifts in U.S. overseas coverage techniques towards “democracy promotion.” those related elements clarify Colombia’s institution of a low-intensity democracy—a constitution of elite rule within which the options of coercion (state and para-state repression) and consensus (competitive elections, civilian keep an eye on over the army) preserve keep watch over and legitimacy. within the age of capitalist globalization, a low-intensity democracy is so much concomitant with neoliberalism, constructing the political and monetary setting most fitted to the investments of transnational corporations.

“This ebook … deals a big new interpretation of political advancements in Colombia over the past decades.” — overseas Affairs

“Avilés has supplied us with vital insights and such a lot of all reminded us of this significant interrogation of democracy and its meant friends.” — Bulletin of Latin American Research

“There are many fresh titles on Colombia, yet this one deals whatever unique through exhibiting how the existing theoretical paradigm for democratization and civil-military kin is insufficient since it can't clarify the Colombian experience.” — William I. Robinson, writer of A concept of worldwide Capitalism: creation, category, and nation in a Transnational World

“Books that assemble globalization, democracy, human rights, violence, and civil-military kin and consider them inside of a case-study process are nearly nonexistent. This ebook bargains an insightful research of the Colombian conundrum from a extra holistic viewpoint approximately those issues.” — Nibaldo H. Galleguillos, McMaster University

William Avilés is Assistant Professor of Political technology on the collage of Nebraska at Kearney.

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