The parastate in Colombia: Political violence and the restructuring of Barrancabermeja

Anthropologica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 313-325

  Gill, Lesley ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colombia; Crisis; Informal working class; Neoliberalism; Parastate; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 73049086226     PISSN: 00035459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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