Resumen

ORTEGA-MONTES, Jorge Eliécer. Reviewing the regional development policies in Colombia within the globalisation framework: The Case of Departamento de Córdoba. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2008, vol.8, n.26, pp.282-312. ISSN 2448-6183.

In this work the study is focused on analyzing regional policies in Colombia from the early stage of the period concentrated on substituting imports to the current times of free market and competitive production, having as a case the Department of Cordoba, in the Colombian Caribbean region. Its theoretical underpinnings have been analyzed and the corresponding level of responsibility in terms of the social inequalities resulting from its implementation. This study is expected to contribute to other case studies or studies in the field and to the debate about the making of an alternative model for development with criteria for equity, social justice, and democratic participation.

Palabras llave : regional developmental policies; free market; globalization and competitive production; ownership policies and reforms; violence and dislocation; inequality and development.