The Colombian Foreign Policy and the Cost of Ignoring the Non-Governmental Organizations
The current Colombian foreign policy has been designed almost exclusively by the Government. Human rights violations; disregard for the principle of democratic ownership in international cooperation; internal armed conflict; socio-environmental problems in trade and investment issues - among others - are the internal problems that the national and international NGOs evidence and transmit, preventing Colombia to achieve the image it would have on the international scene: a post-conflict country that respects human rights, a partner with whom make social and environmental sustainable business. In the issues of regional and global agenda, civil society is making proposals that deviate from the traditional foreign policy based on the Respice polum. The foreign policy of President
Tres estilos de trabajo en las ciencias sociales: comentarios a propósito del artículo conocimiento e interés de jurgen habermas
Hace casi quince anos el profesor Guillermo Hoyos introdujo entre nosotros la discusion acerca de los intereses teoricos que guian el quehacer cientifico segun Jurgen Habermas, y para ello tradujo el articulo original de Ha-bermas titulado “Conocimiento e Interes” (Ver Bibliografia).
Sociedad civil internacional: un poder global?
This article aims at sinthetizing different perspectives about the rol of internacional civil society (ICV) in the exercise of a global power. It refers to some anglosajon and european recent studies, both at theorical as empirical levels, in order to do an evaluation of the most critical results. Being esceptical about the very concept of ICV, it tries to analize it from different points of view, in order to respond the main problem: is it posible for the ICV to ejercize power at a global level, and which is its legitimity to resolve global issues. The analysis of the concept is based on some results of the classical theory of civil society at a national level, but also examines specific dificulties to define an ICV and its functions in a globalized world. Eventually, it presents some theoretical challenges which are linked with the relation between ICV and a global democratic order.