Letizia Paoli, Victoria A. Greenfield, and Peter Reuter
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195322996
- eISBN:
- 9780199944194
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195322996.003.0008
- Subject:
- Sociology, Law, Crime and Deviance, Comparative and Historical Sociology
This chapter explores the emergence of Colombia as an opiate producer during the 1970s. It suggests that some of the factors that contributed to the development of the opiate industry in Colombia are ...
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This chapter explores the emergence of Colombia as an opiate producer during the 1970s. It suggests that some of the factors that contributed to the development of the opiate industry in Colombia are natural and socioeconomic. These include the pre-existing cocaine industry, the existence of established drug-smuggling networks for the U.S. and the weakness of the Colombian government. This chapter contends that the emergence of Colombian heroin production is informative about what risk factors might lead to new countries entering the opiate trade.Less
This chapter explores the emergence of Colombia as an opiate producer during the 1970s. It suggests that some of the factors that contributed to the development of the opiate industry in Colombia are natural and socioeconomic. These include the pre-existing cocaine industry, the existence of established drug-smuggling networks for the U.S. and the weakness of the Colombian government. This chapter contends that the emergence of Colombian heroin production is informative about what risk factors might lead to new countries entering the opiate trade.
Josefina Echavarria A.
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719079856
- eISBN:
- 9781781702185
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719079856.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
This chapter reports the in/security discourse of the Colombian government. Colombia can be represented as a new war, as a situation of violence fed by criminals in search for profit, as a society at ...
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This chapter reports the in/security discourse of the Colombian government. Colombia can be represented as a new war, as a situation of violence fed by criminals in search for profit, as a society at war, as a fragile state or as an internal armed conflict. In the particular case of Colombia, the thesis of state weakness is presented in a direct relationship to the emergence of guerrilla and paramilitary groups. Most of the analyses of the Colombian conflict merge several explanations (new wars, search for profit and failed states), and do not affirm one and only one cause or characterisation of violence. The Democratic Security Policy is the favoured ‘weapon’ of the Colombian government to fight the narco-terrorist threat. Colombian administrations have transformed the representation of the conflict from a communist struggle to a war against narco-terrorism, hand in hand with US foreign policy priorities.Less
This chapter reports the in/security discourse of the Colombian government. Colombia can be represented as a new war, as a situation of violence fed by criminals in search for profit, as a society at war, as a fragile state or as an internal armed conflict. In the particular case of Colombia, the thesis of state weakness is presented in a direct relationship to the emergence of guerrilla and paramilitary groups. Most of the analyses of the Colombian conflict merge several explanations (new wars, search for profit and failed states), and do not affirm one and only one cause or characterisation of violence. The Democratic Security Policy is the favoured ‘weapon’ of the Colombian government to fight the narco-terrorist threat. Colombian administrations have transformed the representation of the conflict from a communist struggle to a war against narco-terrorism, hand in hand with US foreign policy priorities.
Luis Bernardo Mejía-Guinand
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- May 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781447347712
- eISBN:
- 9781447348412
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447347712.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
This chapter explores the structure and powers of the Colombian central government, with particular attention on the executive branch. It discusses the roles of the president and key agencies, such ...
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This chapter explores the structure and powers of the Colombian central government, with particular attention on the executive branch. It discusses the roles of the president and key agencies, such as the National Planning Department (DNP), the Administrative Department of the Presidency (DAPRE), and the National Council for Economic and Social Policy (CONPES) in policy-making and policy analysis. It also outlines the role of policy analysis in all the stages of the policy cycle, namely planning, budgeting, execution, monitoring and evaluation. The chapter presents the efforts of the government to develop comprehensive tools to produce useful information for policy decision making. It looks at the institutional restrictions, political factors or lack of incentives in the use of information that constrain the capacity of policy analysis by the central government.Less
This chapter explores the structure and powers of the Colombian central government, with particular attention on the executive branch. It discusses the roles of the president and key agencies, such as the National Planning Department (DNP), the Administrative Department of the Presidency (DAPRE), and the National Council for Economic and Social Policy (CONPES) in policy-making and policy analysis. It also outlines the role of policy analysis in all the stages of the policy cycle, namely planning, budgeting, execution, monitoring and evaluation. The chapter presents the efforts of the government to develop comprehensive tools to produce useful information for policy decision making. It looks at the institutional restrictions, political factors or lack of incentives in the use of information that constrain the capacity of policy analysis by the central government.
Calum Waddell
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- February 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781911325116
- eISBN:
- 9781800342583
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3828/liverpool/9781911325116.003.0002
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter discusses the production of Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust in Leticia, a small city of the Amazonas, during the time when the country was experiencing considerable political ...
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This chapter discusses the production of Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust in Leticia, a small city of the Amazonas, during the time when the country was experiencing considerable political unrest. It describes the Colombian government that was headed by the liberal Julio César Turbay Ayala, who was engulfed in a battle to collapse guerrilla activity in his country. It also looks at the Italian cannibal genre's use of postcolonial symbolism that ground some of the influences that typify the aesthetic and thematic elements of Deodato's production. This chapter analyzes the Italian cannibal film's presentation of nation and location that is distinct in its onscreen geographical and political manipulation. It reviews the critics of Cannibal Holocaust that suggested that it is a racist and fascist film.Less
This chapter discusses the production of Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust in Leticia, a small city of the Amazonas, during the time when the country was experiencing considerable political unrest. It describes the Colombian government that was headed by the liberal Julio César Turbay Ayala, who was engulfed in a battle to collapse guerrilla activity in his country. It also looks at the Italian cannibal genre's use of postcolonial symbolism that ground some of the influences that typify the aesthetic and thematic elements of Deodato's production. This chapter analyzes the Italian cannibal film's presentation of nation and location that is distinct in its onscreen geographical and political manipulation. It reviews the critics of Cannibal Holocaust that suggested that it is a racist and fascist film.
