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"The one source that sets reference collections on Latin American studies apart from all other geographic areas of the world.... The Handbook has provided scholars interested in Latin America with a bibliographical source of a quality unavailable to scholars in most other branches of area studies." —Latin American Research Review Beginning with volume 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of more than 130 specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year b...
Policing the Revolution
Since the mid-2000s Venezuela has been ranked one of the most violent countries in the world as homicides and police violence skyrocketed. Much has been written about the country's turn to Chavismo but scholarship has ignored what will perhaps be the revolution's most important legacy: how Chavista policies transformed coercive power and the security landscape. In Policing the Revolution, Rebecca Hanson provides the first in-depth analysis of policing and security policies during the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, focusing on the experiences of three groups: police officers, police reformers, and residents of neighborhoods most affected by violence. Drawing on ethnographic, interview, a...
The Paradox of Violence in Venezuela
Crime and violence soared in twenty-first-century Venezuela even as poverty and inequality decreased, contradicting the conventional wisdom that these are the underlying causes of violence. The Paradox of Violence in Venezuela explains the rise of violence under both Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro—leftist presidents who made considerable investment in social programs and political inclusion. Contributors argue that violence arose not from the frustration of inequality, or the needs created by poverty, but rather from the interrelated factors of a particular type of revolutionary governance, extraordinary oil revenues, a reliance on militarized policing, and the persistence of concentrated disadvantage. These factors led to dramatic but unequal economic growth, massive institutional and social change, and dysfunctional criminal justice policies that destabilized illicit markets and social networks, leading to an increase in violent conflict resolution. The Paradox of Violence in Venezuela reorients thinking about violence and its relationship to poverty, inequality, and the state.
Ejecuciones extrajudiciales en Colombia 2002–2010: Obediencia ciega en campos de batalla ficticios
El presente volumen de la “Colección Semillas” tiene como objetivo visibilizar las reflexiones que se gestan en el interior de la actividad académica de los investigadores en formación en torno al actual proceso de transición sociopolítica nacional que es el posconflicto. Esta edición está conformada por siete capítulos resultados de investigación disciplinar e interdisciplinar en filosofía, antropología y psicología.
Criminal Legalities and Minorities in the Global South
This book explores how the law and the institutions of the criminal justice system expose minorities to different types of violence, either directly, through discrimination and harassment, or indirectly, by creating the conditions that make them vulnerable to violence from other groups of society. It draws on empirical insights across a broad array of communities and locales including Afghanistan, Colombia, Pakistan, India, Malawi, Turkey, Brazil, Singapore, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. It examines the challenges of protecting those at the margins of power, especially those whom the law is often used to oppress. The chapters explore intersecting, marginal identities influenced by four f...
Every Day The River Changes
An exhilarating travelogue for a new generation about a journey along Colombia’s Magdalena River, exploring life by the banks of a majestic river now at risk, and how a country recovers from conflict. "Richly observed." —Liesl Schillinger, The New York Times Book Review An American writer of Argentine, Syrian, and Iraqi Jewish descent, Jordan Salama tells the story of the Río Magdalena, nearly one thousand miles long, the heart of Colombia. This is Gabriel García Márquez’s territory—rumor has it Macondo was partly inspired by the port town of Mompox—as much as that of the Middle Eastern immigrants who run fabric stores by its banks. Following the river from its source high in th...
La terminación del contrato de arrendamiento comercial por el arrendador
El contrato de arrendamiento en Colombia está regulado por el artículo 1973 y siguientes de Código Civil colombiano. En él se desarrolla también el arrendamiento de obras y servicios. La normativa guarda estrecha correspondencia con el Código Civil chileno, que es fiel a los lineamientos trazados por el Derecho Romano. El texto tiene por objeto analizar el contrato de arrendamiento de cosas, específicamente la operación de bienes inmuebles destinados a una actividad mercantil, que no cuenta con una regulación propia en el Código de Comercio. Busca evidenciar el conocimiento y aplicación de las causales de terminación del contrato de alquiler por arrendadores, arrendatarios y operadores jurídicos.
