Title Revolutionary social change in Colombia : the origin and direction of the FARC-EP / James J. Brittain ; foreword by James Petras

Published London ; New York : Pluto Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 336 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents An overview of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia [sic]-People's Army (FARC-EP) : a history of radicalism in the Columbian [sic] countryside -- Ejército del Pueblo : a sociological analysis of radical social change -- Theorizing revolution : the importance of Colombia -- Colombia's rural political economy in historical and contemporary perspective -- The political economy of coca in Colombia, past and present -- Dominant class reactionism : far-right politics and paramilitarism -- The FARC-EP's relation to (pre)revolutionary social change -- Prospects for the future : from "dual power" to taking power Summary This book presents an insiders account of Columbias internal conflict. At the forefront are the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-Peoples Army (FARC-EP). Although they are one of the most powerful military forces in Latin American history, little is known about them Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-329) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia. SUBJECT Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia fast Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia gnd Subject Insurgency -- Colombia Revolutions -- Colombia Radicalism -- Colombia Social change -- Colombia SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom. Insurgency Politics and government Radicalism Revolutions Social change SUBJECT Colombia -- Politics and government -- 1974- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85028520 Subject Colombia Form Electronic book LC no. 2012429056 ISBN 9781849644235 1849644233 9781783715992 1783715995

Other Titles Origin and direction of the FARC-EP FARC-EP

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