Mano a mano

"Important contribution to the social history of the New Kingdom and Cartagena de Indias, in particular. Spanish efforts first to comprehend and then control, if not eliminate, indigenous and African forms of alleged magic, whether religious or medical, illustrated imperial imperatives of domination and cultural transformation of subject peoples. First half of book establishes definitions and structures within which confrontation of Spanish and non-Western belief systems clashed. Second half provides a series of illustrative case studies. A glossary and documentary appendices augment the...

¿Cuáles son los principales cambios en curso en las configuraciones socio-espaciales de las metrópolis latinoamericanas? ¿Cómo evolucionan el poblamiento, las divisiones sociales de los espacios urbanos y las desigualdades territoriales? ¿Qué prácticas de movilidad espacial o políticas públicas contribuyen a acelerar estos cambios? O a resistir contra ellos? Y más precisamente: ¿Cómo se insertan los migrantes en la ciudad? ¿Cómo los habitantes acceden a la vivienda y por qué cambian, o no, de vivienda? ¿Cómo se caracterizan actualmente las desigualdades de movilidad...

"As the Samper government was rocked by allegations of drug-related corruption in the presidential campaign of 1994, Colombia's endemic crisis of governability, violence, and political participation took a dramatic turn for the worse. Moreover, Colombia/US bilateral relations degenerated into mutual accusations and recriminations. In this book, several of Colombia's leading political analysts assess this crisis and its implications for the maintainance of political stability and consolidation of democracy"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.