CS No. 8

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¡Caramba! ¡That is life in the tropic!: un recorrido por la ley y el orden en la literatura hispanoamericana
(Universidad Icesi, 2011-07-01) Montealegre M., Carolina
Two hundred years of colonial rule left Latin America in a state of institutional development characterized by the tension between law and culture. Taking historical and neo-institucional perspectives, this paper discusses the gap between traditional behaviors and those imposed through legal order by the rulers of the country, which are not necessarily the most adequate ones. The author examines eleven Latin American novels so as to better understand formal and informal institutions of three critical phases of institutional development in Latin America.
Conflicto armado en Colombia: análisis de las causas económicas, sociales e institucionales de la oposición violenta
(Universidad Icesi, 2011-07-01) Yaffe C., Lilian
This paper offers a review of the literature dealing with the causes of the Colombian armed conflict. Its key objective is to discuss why the reduction of the levels of the conflict-related violence was unequal in various parts of the country between 2003 and 2010. The author addresses economic, institutional, and social causes as well as embraces the ongoing theoretical debates on the issue. The paper affirms that it is precisely the diversity of the causes that makes the Colombian conflict such a complex one, and that any related study must address all of the causal variables and perpetuating factors involved.
Hacia un nuevo debate sobre la descentralización en Colombia: el análisis intergubernamental desde una lectura institucional
(Universidad Icesi, 2011-07-01) Leyva Botero, Santiago
The purpose of this paper is to examine the Colombian decentralization process by taking into account the literature on Intergovernmental Relations and from an institutionalist perspective. In Colombia, despite of certain advancement of decentralization process, there is a shortage of clarity with regards to the mechanisms of intergovernmental coordination within the framework of regional autonomy. This scarcity opened the doors for the scenarios in which the coordination of public policies between territorial entities becomes fertile soil for political opportunism. Hence, decentralization should be comprehended not only as a theory that deals with a higher level of autonomy of regional governments, but also as a framework to explore intergovernmental coordination.
Hacia una comprensión de la realidad social desde la teoría general de hechos institucionales
(Universidad Icesi, 2011-07-01) Giraldo Chavarriaga, John Alexander
This paper offers a critical interpretation of the general theory of institutional facts, which intents to comprehend, on the basis of a basic regulatory structure with functions assignments, how objective social reality is constructed. We discuss problems, approaches, and theoretical methods employed by Searle, in contrast to sociological constructivism, examining the issues of autoreferentiality of the concept of institutionality, the search for objectivity, the adoption of external realism, the concept of truth, the role of language, and intentionality in the theory. Finally, the author verifies if the theory in question complies with some of the features that a general theory of regulation should have, according to the criteria of René Thom.
Instituciones, cambio institucional y crecimiento económico: una revisión crítica del enfoque neoclásico
(Universidad Icesi, 2011-07-01) Bermúdez, Cecilia
This paper examines the relationship between institutions and economic growth under the framework offered by the neoclassical theory. The author deals with the hypothesis of economic growth based on the ‘property rights system’ and describes the key theoretical and empirical issues involved, as well as the impact of this perspective on the design and implementation of public policies. Finally, the paper turns its focus to the debate about institutional change and compares difficulties faced by various approaches that attempt to offer explanations with regard to the causes of permanent changes in the trajectory of economic growth of one or another country.
La oposición política en Chile durante el período 1990-2011. Una aproximación conceptual y empírica
(Universidad Icesi, 2011-07-01) Avendaño, Octavio
This paper discusses the development of opposition parties and coalitions in Chile since the putting in place of the first democratic government in 1990. Assuming that opposition plays a pivotal role in the functioning of a democratic system, the paper demonstrates that –with regards to changes and alterations of an immediate context– the evolution of opposition in Chile can be characterized by its reactive attitude, sometimes combining competence with collusion and cartelization. The author argues that it is the electoral domain, in which the opposition has adopted the most offensive attitude and left the task of informal negotiation between representatives of two key coalitions to other entities.
Participación éxito y prioridad: un análisis macro de los equilibrios en las relaciones entre los poderes ejecutivo y legislativo en Colombia, 2002-2006
(Universidad Icesi, 2011-07-01) Milanese, Juan Pablo
This paper examines the key characteristics of the link between the executive and the legislative branches of power during the first government of Alvaro Uribe Velez, which caused countless appraisals, highly inaccurate and questionable, with regards to the configuration of the so-called limited presidential centralism. The author discusses two variables that are considered classic for this type of studies: constitutional and party powers of the President, in order to analyze the influence of these powers over the volume of legislative production in each branch, as well as their effectiveness and efficiency as promoters of legislature.
Path dependence, instituciones y ordenanzas en la configuración del departamento del Valle, 1910-1949
(Universidad Icesi, 2011-07-01) Londoño Motta, Jaime Eduardo
This paper deals with the topic poorly studied by Colombian historians, namely, the processes of the formation of departmental entities as a result of the territorial planning in Colombia during the first decade of the 20th century. The author focuses his attention at the rules of the games established by the Governor and the Assembly of the Department of Valle between 1910 and 1949, especially, as ordinances with regard to branches of government, infrastructure works, and social control are concerned.
Poder, conflicto y orden. Penitenciaría Nacional Villa de las Palmas (Colombia)
(Universidad Icesi, 2011-07-01) Fajardo G., Miriam
In this paper, readers will find a description of such a particular social institutions as prison. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how, along social interactions during daily life of detainees, relations between power and conflict have been constructed giving the way to the order alterative to the legal one endorsed by the State. Despite of the fact that this institution is based on the convergence of diverse actors of power like the administration, the guards, and the detainees, it is the relations between the latter two which are of a special interest to the author of this paper, since these actors are transformed into the key ones in terms of power needed to construct what we have called an alternative order.
Presencia de las instituciones en los enfoques del institucionalismo económico: convergencias y divergencias
(Universidad Icesi, 2011-07-01) Canales García, Rosa Azalea; Mercado Salgado, Patricia
There is a renewed interest to study institutions and their incidence in the economy. The analysis of institutions includes a number of approaches, but the most relevant are the ones offered by Thorstein Bunde Veblen, Douglas North, and Oliver Williamson. The aim of this paper is first to discuss the convergences and divergences, which can be identified in the approaches offered by Veblen, North, and Williamson, and, then, to propose a categorization that specifies definitions, methods, and institutional treatment in each of the approaches, in order to help clarify the appellative of “institutionalist” and to better comprehend each of the approaches.
¿Qué son las instituciones?
(Universidad Icesi, 2011-07-01) Hodgson, Geoffrey Martin
Although the concept of institution has long history in social sciences, there is still no agreement with regard to the interpretation of the concept. The paper first discusses the ambiguities in North’s approach, in particular, when the latter limits the concept of institution to the system of formal rules that govern the organizations. Next, in order to overcome the difficulties of North’s approach, the author proposes to widen the concept by taken into account the informal base of all structured and enduring behavior..
Secularización en la zona Andina de Nariño. Análisis del grado de confianza en la Iglesia y la Universidad de Nariño
(2011-07-01) Villamarín, Francisco Javier; Ortega, Ximena Alexandra
The aim of this research is to demonstrate the secularization of consciousness, which is experienced by the people of the most urbanized municipalities in the Andean region of Nariño, by analyzing the degree of confidence in two institutions that historically have assumed an important ideological and cultural debate: religion and science. The method employed by the author is review, organization, and classification of social statistics. A comparative analysis of the confidence in two institutions provides the means to advance in the direction of defining and discussing the analytical objects related to the local and regional dimensions of social change.
El uso de la internet y su impacto sobre la confianza ciudadana: el caso del Senado en Colombia
(Universidad Icesi, 2011-07-01) Chalela Naffah, Salim
The use of the Internet as an instrument to access to and interact with public institutions involves a profound modification of the relations of citizens with institutions. This paper examines the impact of the use of the Colombian Senate’s webpage on citizens’ confidence in this institution, by analyzing the results of a survey of citizens who access the webpage on a regular basis as well as of those who use traditional channels of getting information and obtaining services.

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