Guns, Drugs, and Development in Colombia

by Kevin M. Curtin, Sheila Amin Gutiérrez de Piñeres, Jennifer S. Holmes

Book Overview

For decades, Colombia has contended with a variety of highly publicized conflicts, including the rise of paramilitary groups in response to rebel insurgencies of the 1960s, the expansion of an illegal drug industry that has permeated politics and society since the 1970s, and a faltering economy in the 1990s. An unprecedented analysis of these struggles, Guns, Drugs, and Development in Colombia brings together leading scholars from a variety...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292721544
• ISBN13: 9780292721548
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"