Conflicto y gobernabilidad local: análisis para el corregimiento de Altavista, Medellín
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2013-09-26
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista
Abstract
Introduction. The relationships between government
and governed people are interpreted within a
violent context. The changes in governance processes
are also studied. Objective. To characterize and
interpret the influence of armed conflicts (the multiple
ways of violence that gather) on the democratic
governance in the Altavista zone (Medellín, Colombia)
which, like a political microcosm, can show the
same violence logics that take place countrywide.
Materials and methods. The focus is mixed, quantitative
and qualitative. A study case is proposed,
with the use of homicide figures between 2005 and
2010 as categories for the analysis describing their
variations, tendencies and participation in the total
homicide figures that Medellín has had. The results
of the Quirama convention, which had the participation
of the government and the social organizations
from the zone, are also studied, describing the
violence ways that take place in Altavista, with their
causes and effects. A participant observation work
was performed as well in the government councils
and the other meetings celebrated by the community.
Results. The variation in homicides between
2005 and 2010 is above 804%. Not only has the
number of deceased increased, following the local
logics of violence, but there is also another fact: the
zone is becoming a troublesome focus because it
has an exponential increase of its participation in the
homicide figures of the whole city. Conclusion. The
armed conflict generates a phenomenon known as
mutant governance, beyond the order-disorder and
governance-ungovernability dichotomies.
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Conflicto armado, Municipio de Medellín, Violencia, Gobernabilidad, Conflicto - Investigaciones, Violencia - Investigaciones