Francisco Gutiérrez

Francisco Gutiérrez is a Colombian anthropologist, with PhD in political science. He participated as speaker and convenor in the workshop Patterns of Political Violence held in January 2004, at the Santa Fe Institute, and as speaker in the preivous gathering on Patterns of Violence held in Bogota in May 2003. In the last four years he has researched in the context of the Crisis States Programme (DESTIN-LSE) on civil war in a comparative perspective. His main interests are political economy of war, democratization, and political parties.

Published Research

(with Ana Maria Jaramillo) "Crime, [counter]insurgency and the privatization of security---the case of Medellin, Colombia." Environment & Urbanization vol. 16 no. 2 (October): 1-14.

(with Luisa Ramirez) "The tense relationship between democracy and violence in Colombia 1974-2001." In Politics in the Andes: Identity, conflict and reform," eds. Burt Jo Marie y Mauceri Philip, 228-246. Unversity of Pittsburgh Press, 2004.

"Criminal rebels? A discussion of war and criminality from the Colombian experience." (Publicado en version corregida y ampliada.) Politics and Society vol. 32 no. 2 (2004): 257-285.

"Institutionalizing global wars: State transformations in Colombia, 1978-2002." Journal of International Affairs vol. 57 no. 1 (2003): 135-152.

"Les partis politique et la democratie en Colombie: une histoire naturelle du vice et de la vertu." Problemes d\'Amerique Latine no. 49 (2003): 39-70.

"The court room and the bivouac: reflections on law and violence in Colombia." Latin American Perspectives vol. 28 no. 1 (2001): 56-72.