Los asentamientos ilegales en Colombia : las contradicciones de la economía-mundo capitalista en la sociedad global

Abstract

The central thesis of this paper focuses on clarifying how the illegal settlements, known today by local authorities as incomplete Human Settlements Development (Decree 0419 of May 24, 1999), are expressions of three related complex processes: on one hand, are demostration of the contradictions between the market forces and the governmentforces. On the other, are results of urban social struggles led by groups and communities confronting the state. And in this sense, those communities demand from the state, its main partner through resolution processes such as negotiation, answers that will benefit them and offer solutions to their problems of exclusion and marginalization.