Relatos y Redes de Política Pública de Niñez en Colombia 1991 - 2014

Abstract

This research describes the changes in childhood public policy in Colombia between 1991 and 2014. It analyses public policy narratives and counter-narratives during this time period, and it considers factors which generated the creation of a policy network, and subsequent development of different types of interactions between the identified actors.

Firstly, this study identifies background information and relevant factors to contrast, on the one hand, content and perspectives between different time periods, and on the other hand, the number, type, and relationship dynamics between the various actors involved in the field before 1991, up to 2014.

In summary, this study, seeks not only show the changes regarding the construction of childhood as a referent of public policy between 1991 and 2014, but also, it discusses how such changes were made, in order to provide elements to understand childhood public policy’s specific emphases, and continuities over time.