Democracia y participación en Colombia: un espacio en construcción.

This paper revolves around the controversial theme of democracy. Initially, it explains some ideas about the origins of Greek democracy is an excluding system of government; then, it shows the intrinsic link between democracy and participation; and finally, it brings up ationality as a constitutive element for democracy. In general terms, the paper is about defending democracy as a universal value that eeds some minimum conditions to develop. It is not about imposing democracy, but rather about understanding its benefits and achieving ts insertion into the dynamic of a specific society. This paper considers some social thought theorists such as the Italian, Norberto obbio, and the Colombian, Estanislao Zuleta. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]