Through the lens of world capitalism idea, William Avilés examines democratization and civil-military relatives in Colombia to provide an explanation for how social and overseas forces ended in the ostensibly contradictory final result of democratic and fiscal reform coinciding with political repression. concentrating on the administrations in strength from 1990 to the current, Avilés argues that the relief within the institutional powers of the army in the country mirrored alterations within the constitution of the worldwide financial system, the emergence of globalizing technocrats and politicians, and shifts in U.S. overseas coverage suggestions towards “democracy promotion.” those related components clarify Colombia’s institution of a low-intensity democracy—a constitution of elite rule within which the suggestions of coercion (state and para-state repression) and consensus (competitive elections, civilian keep watch over over the army) preserve keep watch over and legitimacy. within the age of capitalist globalization, a low-intensity democracy is such a lot concomitant with neoliberalism, setting up the political and financial surroundings most fitted to the investments of transnational corporations.

“This publication … deals a tremendous new interpretation of political advancements in Colombia over the past decades.” — overseas Affairs

“Avilés has supplied us with very important insights and such a lot of all reminded us of this crucial interrogation of democracy and its meant friends.” — Bulletin of Latin American Research

“There are many fresh titles on Colombia, yet this one deals anything unique via displaying how the existing theoretical paradigm for democratization and civil-military kin is insufficient since it can't clarify the Colombian experience.” — William I. Robinson, writer of A idea of world Capitalism: construction, type, and kingdom in a Transnational World

“Books that compile globalization, democracy, human rights, violence, and civil-military relatives and consider them inside a case-study strategy are nearly nonexistent. This ebook bargains an insightful research of the Colombian conundrum from a extra holistic standpoint approximately those issues.” — Nibaldo H. Galleguillos, McMaster University

William Avilés is Assistant Professor of Political technology on the collage of Nebraska at Kearney.