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The eleven essays in this volume, supplemented by an editorial introduction, centre around three overlapping problems. First, why would a society want to limit its own sovereign power by imposing constitutional constraints on democratic decision-making? Second, what are the contributions of democracy and constitutions to efficient government? Third, what are the relations among democracy, constitutionalism, and private property? This comprehensive discussion of the problems inherent in constitutional democracy will be of interest to students in a variety of social sciences. It illuminates particularly the current efforts of many countries, especially in Latin America, to establish stable democratic regimes

Democracy in Modern Spain.Richard Gunther, José Ramón Montero y Joan Botella (eds.). New Haven:Yale University Press. 2004.

This article adresses democracy problem, as it has been thought by a group of Chilean philosophers, in relation to military dictatorship, transition to democracy and post-authoritarian democracy's consolidation.We expone their critic to post-authoritarian democracy and its theoretical sustenance: the elitarian democratic theories and the consociative model. We also present the authors's democracy concept: this concept defends normative dimension of politics, the multidimensionality of democracy and participation. Finally, we reflect on authors contributions to think on an alternative democratic order. ; Utopía y Praxis Latinoamericana publica bajo licencia Creative Commons Atribución-No Comercial-Compartir Igual 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Más información en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

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This article is part of a concluded research regarding the autonomy ofColombian indigenous movement in the context of the armed conflict.A theoretical review is presented on the democracy's concept and anempirical work was conducted with indigenous population about the understanding of the perspective and the practice of these people and their organizations in Colombia. The idea of democracy seen by the indigenous population constitutes their own way to contribute to peace from the acknowledgement, respect, valuation and the assimilation of diversity as condition for the full enjoyment of human rights. ; Este artículo hace parte de una investigación concluida en torno a laautonomía del movimiento indígena colombiano en medio del conflictoarmado. Presenta una revisión teórica sobre el concepto de democraciay un trabajo empírico realizado con indígenas en torno a su comprensiónde este concepto desde la perspectiva y la práctica de los pueblos y susorganizaciones en Colombia. La idea de democracia vista desde lospueblos indígenas se constituye en su manera de aportar a la paz desde elreconocimiento, el respeto, la valoración y la asimilación de la diversidadcomo condición para el goce pleno de los derechos humanos. ; Este artículo hace parte de una investigación concluida en torno a laautonomía del movimiento indígena colombiano en medio del conflictoarmado. Presenta una revisión teórica sobre el concepto de democraciay un trabajo empírico realizado con indígenas en torno a su comprensiónde este concepto desde la perspectiva y la práctica de los pueblos y susorganizaciones en Colombia. La idea de democracia vista desde lospueblos indígenas se constituye en su manera de aportar a la paz desde elreconocimiento, el respeto, la valoración y la asimilación de la diversidadcomo condición para el goce pleno de los derechos humanos.