Julián Gómez-Delgado
Biographic Data
| ID | 301640 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julián Gómez-Delgado |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julián |
| FAMILY NAME | Gómez-Delgado |
| SIGNATURE | GÓMEZ-DELGADO J |
| AFFILIATIONS | New School |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7872-7830 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Rise and Fall of a Political Technology
This paper examines the rise and fall of a financial instrument that functioned in Colombia from 1972 to 1999. The UPAC system—standing for Unidad de Poder Adquisitivo Constante, or Unit of Constant Purchasing Power—was an indexed credit system that created special public and private banking institutions, which administered savings accounts and credits that were indexed to a specific “unit” that was supposed to be adjusted for inflation, retainin…
Breaking infrastructure
From a state-and-capital-centered perspective, sabotage has often been viewed as a destructive force driven by seditious individuals. However, scholars, such as E.P. Thompson, Eric Hobsbawm, Timothy Mitchell, and Andreas Malm, have highlighted the political motivations behind sabotage and the efforts to create alternative futures through disruptive actions. This article examines the opposition to the privatization of the state-owned telecommunica…
Modernity's Corruption
Debt entanglements
Robert Karl. La Paz Olvidada. Políticos, letrados, campesinos y el surgimiento de las Farc en la formación de la Colombia contemporánea
Este libro explora una problemática vigente: de qué manera la formación del Estado y la sociedad colombiana se relacionan, no sólo con repetidos episodios de violencia, sino también con insistentes intentos de paz. En particular, este texto retrata el camino recorrido por la iniciativa de pacificación que Alberto Lleras Camargo se empeñó en adelantar desde 1958 y estudia sus alcances y limitaciones hasta el año de 1966. A través de los actores y …
Robert Karl. La Paz Olvidada. Políticos, letrados, campesinos y el surgimiento de las Farc en la formación de la Colombia contemporánea
Este libro explora una problemática vigente: de qué manera la formación del Estado y la sociedad colombiana se relacionan, no sólo con repetidos episodios de violencia, sino también con insistentes intentos de paz. En particular, este texto retrata el camino recorrido por la iniciativa de pacificación que Alberto Lleras Camargo se empeñó en adelantar desde 1958 y estudia sus alcances y limitaciones hasta el año de 1966. A través de los actores y …
Breaking infrastructure
From a state-and-capital-centered perspective, sabotage has often been viewed as a destructive force driven by seditious individuals. However, scholars, such as E.P. Thompson, Eric Hobsbawm, Timothy Mitchell, and Andreas Malm, have highlighted the political motivations behind sabotage and the efforts to create alternative futures through disruptive actions. This article examines the opposition to the privatization of the state-owned telecommunica…
Modernity's Corruption
Debt entanglements
The Rise and Fall of a Political Technology
This paper examines the rise and fall of a financial instrument that functioned in Colombia from 1972 to 1999. The UPAC system—standing for Unidad de Poder Adquisitivo Constante, or Unit of Constant Purchasing Power—was an indexed credit system that created special public and private banking institutions, which administered savings accounts and credits that were indexed to a specific “unit” that was supposed to be adjusted for inflation, retainin…
Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Art (2 works) · History and Politics in Latin America (2 works) · State (computer science (2 works) · British Empire (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies (1 works) · Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia (1 works) · Debt (1 works)