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Colombia: A Contemporary Political Survey

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Author(s): John D. Martz
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Year: 1962

Language: English
Pages: xii,384
City: Chapel Hill

Part I. Elements of national life -- 1. Environment and society -- 2. The essence of Colombian politics --

Part II. The failure of coalition government -- 3. Background to violence -- 4. The Bogotazo -- 5. National union government -- 6. Minority rule takes charge -- 7. Preparation for dictatorship --

Part III. Authorization and Laureano Gómez -- 8. Gómez sets his course -- 9. An emergent dictatorship -- 10. From reform to revolution --

Part IV. Caesarism and incompetence -- 11. Military rule and popular acceptance -- 12. The hardening of restrictive attitudes -- 13. Militarism in theory and practice -- 14. Death of a dictatorship --

Part V. Biparty experiment in controlled democracy -- 15. The transition to democracy -- 16. The first year of bipartisan rule -- 17. The return of party activity -- 18. Toward a new Colombia -- 19. Political precursors of the future