REINVENTING PUBLIC POLICIES OF SOCIAL ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION IN COLOMBIAd

This article analyzes the transformation of the social policies that have been directing in Colombia from the presidency to the targeting of spending and the principles of subsidiarity. Shown some experiences of welfarism participationist in South America that demonstrate achievements in reducing the problem of poverty in these countries, and some difficulties in terms of observing political and institutional phenomena, on enhanced political clientele, the restrictions on the relative autonomy of local authorities (governors and mayors), the mercantilization of social goods and services, and the implementation of public policies that seek to reduce poverty, without proper treatment of social problems associated with the new demands of the social inclusion in society (gender, disability, ethnic and sexual) requiring complex interventions by the state.