The journey towards social exclusion in Colombia

There has been continuing forced displacement over many years in the south of the Department of Valle del Cauca in Colombia. Families fleeing conflict and violence between insurgents and government forces have moved into the municipality of Florida which has a population of approximately 55,000. Hav...

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Autores:
Guevara Fletcher, Diego Andrés
Guevara Corral, Rubén Darío
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2010
Institución:
Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito
Repositorio:
Repositorio Institucional ECI
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.escuelaing.edu.co:001/2750
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.escuelaing.edu.co/handle/001/2750
https://repositorio.escuelaing.edu.co/
Palabra clave:
Colombia - Aspectos sociales
Desplazamiento forzado - Colombia
Pobreza - Colombia
Desempleo - Colombia
Colombia - Social aspects
Forced displacement - Colombia
Poverty - Colombia
Unemployment - Colombia
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openAccess
License
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
Description
Summary:There has been continuing forced displacement over many years in the south of the Department of Valle del Cauca in Colombia. Families fleeing conflict and violence between insurgents and government forces have moved into the municipality of Florida which has a population of approximately 55,000. Having lost the economic, social, cultural and symbolic capital accumulated in their home areas, they struggle to compensate for these losses and to preserve or improve on their well-being and living conditions.