Political Radicalism in Colombia
Electoral Dynamics of 1962 and 1964
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14830520 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth F Johnson (0000-0001-7127-3370, Colorado State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1965 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-26 |
| Publication date | 1965-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Inter-American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0885-3118 • E-ISSN: 2326-4047 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/164820 |
| OpenAlex | W2783397442 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
Who is to blame when the political rhythm of an organized society slips into atrophy and chaos? This enigmatic question towers in the background of recent Colombian history. A country of relative political stability since the birth of Liberalism in the 1930's, Colombia's political life was suddenly rent in 1948 by a horrendous bloodletting which threatened to raze Bogotá and plunged the nation into anarchy. The real villain, wrote Vernon Fluharty, was the system itself. Although the civil war proportions of the violence that followed the bogotazo were ended during the military government of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1953-57), a fierce sequence of guerrilla activities continued to plague the countryside. Much of the violence was precipitated by young men who, having deserted their primary groups after the assassination of Gaitán, carried on the war against humanity as a way of life, often in the absence of any ostensible political motive or economic gain
Ancient history · Economic history · Political economy · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia · Cultural and political discourse analysis · History · History and Politics in Latin America · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1970 - 1975 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |