03930nam 2200589 450 991079761110332120230807193746.00-8173-8884-2(CKB)3710000000493239(EBL)4312176(SSID)ssj0001570257(PQKBManifestationID)16217891(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001570257(PQKBWorkID)14803867(PQKB)11089509(MiAaPQ)EBC4312176(OCoLC)926014649(MdBmJHUP)muse46991(Au-PeEL)EBL4312176(CaPaEBR)ebr11138986(EXLCZ)99371000000049323920160120h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFighting monsters in the abyss the second administration of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez, 2006-2010 /Harvey F. KlineTuscaloosa, Alabama :The University Alabama Press,2015.©20151 online resource (269 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1880-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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.Human rightsColombiaHistory21st centuryPolitical violenceColombiaHistory21st centuryJustice, Administration ofColombiaHistory21st centuryColombiaPolitics and government1974-Human rightsHistoryPolitical violenceHistoryJustice, Administration ofHistory986.106/34Kline Harvey F.1050999MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797611103321Fighting monsters in the abyss3770408UNINA