▁the ▁work ▁ ▁The ▁Spanish - language ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁work ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁in ▁the ▁journal ▁of ▁the ▁D ag ▁Ham mar sk jö ld ▁Foundation , ▁Development ▁Dialog ue . ▁This ▁document ▁st ems ▁from ▁the ▁work ▁carried ▁out ▁in ▁different ▁countries ▁in ▁Latin ▁America ▁by ▁a ▁team ▁of ▁research ers , ▁which ▁is ▁essentially ▁trans dis cipl inary ▁in ▁nature . ▁The ▁authors ▁of ▁the ▁work ▁are ▁Man fred ▁Max - Ne ef , ▁the ▁Chile an ▁soci ologist ▁Antonio ▁Eliz al de ▁and ▁Chile an ▁phil os opher ▁Martin ▁H open h ay n , ▁in ▁collaboration ▁with ▁F eli pe ▁Herr era , ▁Hugo ▁Z em el man , ▁Jorge ▁J at oba ▁and ▁Luis ▁Wein stein . ▁It ▁was ▁carried ▁out ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁with ▁the ▁assistance ▁of ▁profession als ▁from ▁Chile , ▁Uruguay , ▁Boliv ia , ▁Colombia , ▁Mexico , ▁Brazil , ▁Canada ▁and ▁Sweden . ▁Their ▁expert ise ▁consisted ▁of ▁academic ▁discipl ines ▁such ▁as ▁econom ics , ▁soci ology , ▁psych iat ry , ▁philosophy , ▁political ▁science , ▁ge ography , ▁anth rop ology , ▁journal ism , ▁technology ▁and ▁law . ▁The ▁participants ▁formed ▁a ▁stable ▁core ▁group ▁that ▁guaranteed ▁continu ity ▁in ▁the ▁processes ▁of ▁collect ive ▁research ▁and ▁reflection ▁during ▁the ▁project . ▁The ▁discuss ions ▁of ▁the ▁work sh ops ▁and ▁the ▁working ▁documents ▁drawn ▁up ▁by ▁the ▁participants ▁form ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁this