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The article presents a series of four analysis papers from a meeting of the Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLASCO), discussing the transition to democracy in Paraguay after the overthrow of Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner in 1989. The political, cultural, social, and economic dimensions of the transition from authoritarianism to democracy are explored in Paraguay and compared to similar processes in Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile.

The article presents an overview of papers related to Paraguay that appear in the January 2002 issue of the "Revista Paraguaya de Socioiogía."A brief section on Paraguay's historiography offers papers on economic and political history, from the 1811 pre-independence to the War of the Triple Alliance (1865-1870). Author Mario Pastore analyzes the economic causes of the mentioned war. Author Marcos Robles, with information on the surveys of homes during 1983-2001, samples that the macroeconomic results of last years has had significant effects on poverty because the familiar income depends in an important way on the labor market. On the other hand, author Leticia Carosini analyzes the policy of minimum wages within the Paraguayan labor market. It presents some proposals of reform of the policy of minimum salary while analyzing the effective economic policy. It also suggests additional measures that could be implemented in a short and medium term. The paper of author Robert L. Céspedes R. focuses on child labor in Paraguay during 1997-2001.