%0 Journal Article %T Pol¨ªtica social y democracia: un "nuevo" paradigma %A Uharte Pozas %A Luis Miguel %J Revista Venezolana de Econom¨ªa y Ciencias Sociales %D 2005 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X this article is presented as a proposal for the orientation of social policies in latin america. it is divided into four sections: the first explains the relationship between social policy, the socio-economic order, the development model and the different types of democracy, while presenting the general outlines of the social policy paradigm considered most appropriate for furthering democracy; the second section explains the type of democracy considered desirable and the type of social policy it implies; the third section examines the predominant social policy paradigms that have characterized the development of the capitalist system and their limitations; and, finally, the author analyzes the different dimension of any social policy paradigm, developing a criticism of those paradigms that have previously prevailed and outlining his alternative proposal. %K social policy %K paradigms %K democracy %K capitalism %K latin america. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1315-64112005000300006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en