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Estado del arte de la literatura sobre desplazamiento interno en América Latina

Este artículo revisa la literatura sobre desplazamiento interno en América Latina desde principios de la década de 1990 hasta principios de 2020
Published on June 19, 2020
Beatriz Eugenia Sánchez-Mojica | idrp, Law/Policy, Social Science, Humanities, Regional, Americas (inc Caribbean)

Este artículo revisa la literatura sobre desplazamiento interno en América Latina. Esto incluye no solo la vasta literatura sobre el desplazamiento interno en Colombia, y las respuestas a esa situación prolongada, sino también la investigación sobre otros escenarios emergentes de desplazamiento interno en la región, particularmente en México y países del norte de Centroamérica. El artículo comienza describiendo las principales tendencias de desplazamiento interno en América Latina. Luego revisa cómo se han desarrollado los estudios sobre el desplazamiento interno en esta región, respectivamente, en los campos del derecho y la política, otras ciencias sociales y humanidades, y la salud y la medicina. Termina ofreciendo conclusiones sobre el alcance de la investigación existente y direcciones para estudios futuros.

Esta revisión de la literatura académica busca identificar las principales tendencias, brechas y oportunidades relacionadas con la investigación sobre el desplazamiento interno. Con este fin, la revisión se concentra en publicaciones académicas, incluidas monografías, capítulos en volúmenes editados y artículos revisados ​​por pares, desde principios de la década de 1990 hasta principios de 2020, un período de aproximadamente 30 años. Por lo tanto, ofrece no solo una revisión crítica del estado del arte en este campo de estudio, sino también un punto de referencia clave para los investigadores que buscan desarrollar nuestra comprensión del desplazamiento interno desde el punto de vista de una variedad de disciplinas y temas diferentes.

Beatriz Eugenia Sánchez-Mojica es investigadora independiente, Colombia.

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