Citation

Schmidt SW. J. Lat. Am. Stud. 1974; 6(1): 97-111.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1974, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S0022216X00008312

PMID

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Abstract

Lying at the heart of the problem in analyzing Colombian violence is the relative poverty of conceptual frameworks not only for dealing with violence but with the institutions and processes and traditions which form the social environment of the society. In the following pages I shall argue that a dialectic between violence and patron-client relations offers a useful analytical framework. The first part will deal with the historical dynamics of Colombian politics. In part two, patron-client politics will be looked at in a small town setting.

Language: en