Global Capitalism, Democracy, and Civil-Military Relations in Colombia

William Avilés is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

• List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. Globalization, State Theory, and Civil-Military Relations 2. Counterinsurgency, Civil-Military Relations, and Low-Intensity Democracy: A Historical Context 3. Civil-Military Relations and the Reform of Low-Intensity Democracy 4. The Preservation of Civilian Authority in the Samper Administration 5. Military Impunity and Symbolic Reform 6. Parastate Repression and Civilian Tolerance 7. The Continuation of Low-Intensity Democracy: The Pastrana and Uribe Administrations ConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

"This book … offers an important new interpretation of political developments in Colombia over the last two decades." — International Affairs"Avilés has provided us with important insights and most of all reminded us of this important interrogation of democracy and its supposed friends." — Bulletin of Latin American Research"There are many recent titles on Colombia, but this one offers something original by showing how the prevailing theoretical paradigm for democratization and civil-military relations is inadequate because it cannot explain the Colombian experience." — William I. Robinson, author of A Theory of Global Capitalism: Production, Class, and State in a Transnational World"Books that bring together globalization, democracy, human rights, violence, and civil-military relations and examine them within a case-study approach are almost nonexistent. This book offers an insightful analysis of the Colombian conundrum from a more holistic perspective about these issues." — Nibaldo H. Galleguillos, McMaster University