Political and Legal Challenges to Foreign Direct Private Investment in Colombia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4832994 |
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| Authors | Mauricio Solaun (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author), Fernando Cepeda (Universidad de los Andes) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 77-101 |
| Publication date | 1973-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1937 • E-ISSN: 2162-2736 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/174911 |
| OpenAlex | W2782590081 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The Colombian political system has been characterized by a duality. On the one hand, there are recurrent fears-and these perceptions are held even by outsiders-that the political system is on the verge of total collapse and disruption. On the other hand, when measured in terms of the continuity and survival of the traditional civilian elite and the actual challenge posed by counter-elites, the Colombia system has been relatively stable. In effect, since the turn of the century, Colombia's ruling group has been renovated by the cooptation of new elements by the ruling elite. The bulk of these new members has been young individuals fairly well integrated within the values and norms of the establishment. Although some social change has occurred and there has been some upward mobility (for the best general treatment of Colombian twentieth-century politics, see Dix, 1967), the resilience of the Colombian upper class can be illustrated with two cases
Development economics · Economics · Elite · Investment (military) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Psychological resilience · Resilience (materials science) · Sociology · History and Politics in Latin America · International Relations in Latin America · Law · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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