"Fourth in the series ... on the attempts of Colombian presidents to end the endemic violence in their country. State Building and Conflict Resolution in Colombia, 1986-1994 covered the presidencies of Virgilio Barco and Cesar Gaviria; Chronicle of a Failure Foretold : The Peace Process of Colombian President Andres Pastrana dealt with the Andres Pastrana government; [and] the third was Showing Teeth to the Dragons : State-Building by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez, 2002-2006"--Preface.
I. 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
II. The legitimate monopoly of force challenge
Violence and human rights during the second Uribe term
Failure with guerilla groups during the second Uribe term
III. 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
IV. Into the abyss?
The difficulties coming from allowing the ends to justify the means
Conclusion
Epilogue.
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Fighting monsters in the abyss : the second administration of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez, 2006-2010 by Harvey F. Kline. ISBN 9780817318802. Published by The University of Alabama Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
