Gaitanismo, Left Liberalism, and Popular Mobilization in Colombia
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (581 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813025982 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Groundbreaking research & analysis" according to Bert Ruiz. Colombia is starting to get glaring academic attention. It is well-deserved and overdue. To this end, "Gaitanismo, Left Liberalism, and Popular Mobilization in Colombia," by W. John Green dares to study a controversial populist movement. His work is groundbreaking and his analysis in some cases exceeds that of highly regarded historians Richard Sharpless and Herbert Braun.Jorge Eliecer Gaitan is arguably the most important politic
. W. John Green has published widely on 20th-century Colombian history in Hispanic American Historical Review, Latin American Research Review, The Americas, Historia Critica, and the Anuario Colombiano de la Historia Social y de la Cultura, as well as other journals and collections in Colombia, the United States, and Germany
He illuminates the connection between Gaitanismo/La Violencia and the continuing popular violence in Colombia, the distinctions between populism in L. Green provides an insightful portrait of Gaitan as a labor lawyer, deeply connected to the pueblo, who was more the symbol for the movement than the cause. Grounded in the rich correspondence between Gaitan and his supporters, interviews, and the vibrant Gaitanista press, this work focuses on the dynamics of popular political mobilization. Using previously unexamined correspondence by Gaitan and his followers, W
In addition to the whole phenomenon of Gaitanismo, one can learn an enormous amount about the interworking of Colombian politics and especially the role played by gamonales and fraud in local and national elections." - Jane Rausch, University of Massachusetts, Amherst . "The breadth of Green's research and the originality of his ideas are truly impressive