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Copyright of Revista Entramado is the property of Universidad Libre Seccional Cali and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

This article analyzes the relationship between races, military and political life, and social recognition achieved by the artisans of the New Kingdom of Granada between 1770 and 1812. The article demonstrates the artisans' ability to negotiate with authorities and other social sectors, and the partnerships artisans established by taking advantage of the rifts between civilian and military authorities. We argue that militias helped the artisans to articulate awareness which involved racial, sector, and military issues, enabling them to improve their social position and simultaneously present themselves as exemplary vassals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Commonly, public policies are established with the goal of reducing or eliminating social inequality categorized as acts of injustice and inequity. Although, in the Department of Cundinamarca, Colombia, there have been advances in this sense, poverty is not decreasing at the required pace to solve these issues effectively and efficiently. An approach to these issues can be taken from social mobility as an indicator of social development. The problem can be directed to the cultural base from which it is possible to generate the change in conditions of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper evaluates the effect that income, social mobility, and social beliefs have on happiness and preferences for redistribution. Using data from the 2007 Encuesta Social y Político, the first section reveals that despite their pessimism in assessing their own mobility experiences, Colombians are quite optimistic when predicting future mobility, regardless of the income level. The second section shows that the wealthy, the highly mobile, and those who believe there is social justice are the happiest. Factors affecting subjective well-being trigger a corresponding demand for redistribution. The last section shows that the poor, the less mobile and those believing socioeconomic outcomes are unfair demand greater state intervention for redistributive matters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article shows to have public services improves living standard measurement and people's perception on it. Changes in living standard measurement are related to utilities access and social mobility in Bogota. However, these changes are also determinate by the socio-economic level people's belong. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]