For two years, the author did ethnographic fieldwork in regions of Colombia where leftist guerrillas, right-wing paramilitary groups, the army, and drug traffickers made their presence felt in the lives of unarmed civilians. Here, she tells the story of how these civilians use c…
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For two years, Clemencia Rodríguez did fieldwork in regions of Colombia where leftist guerillas, right-wing paramilitary groups, the army, and drug traffickers made their presence felt in the lives of unarmed civilians. Here, Rodríguez tells the story of the ways in which people…
Constituent power is the power to create new constitutions. Since it is frequently exercised during or after political revolutions, it has been historically associated with extra-legality and violations of the established legal order. This book examines the relationship between …
A bastard middle class -- An irresistible democracy -- The productive wealth of this country -- Beyond capital and labor -- In the middle of the mess -- A revolution for a democratic middle-class society -- A real revolution, a real democracy -- Democracy : the most important gi…
Toward a critical place perspective on social movements -- Interlude. meeting Don Agapito : reflections on fieldwork -- Mapping meandering poetics and an aquatic sense of place : oral tradition as hidden transcript of resistance -- Historical geographies of resistance and conviv…
"In The Geographies of Social Movements Ulrich Oslender proposes a critical place perspective to examine the activism of black communities in the lowland rain forest of Colombia's Pacific Coast region. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in and around the town of Guapi, …
