Gay men have been severely affected by the AIDS crisis, and gay subjectivity, sexual ethics, and politics continue to be deeply influenced by HIV to this day. PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) is a new, drug-based HIV prevention technique, that allows disentangling gay sex from its widespread, 40 yearlong association with illness and death. This…[Read more]

The pandemic crisis has strongly affected both developing and de- veloping countries, so that public policies, development plans and strategic plans such as the 2030 Agenda have been significantly im- pacted. As a methodology: examining the scope of Latin American countries, those that had been more involved, and those that were later, can be done…[Read more]

The pandemic crisis has strongly affected both developing and de- veloping countries, so that public policies, development plans and strategic plans such as the 2030 Agenda have been significantly im- pacted. As a methodology: examining the scope of Latin American countries, those that had been more involved, and those that were later, can be done…[Read more]

El uso del término redes sociales se ha extendido de manera mayoritaria en los países de habla
hispana, no sólo de forma académica y científica, si no también en toda la sociedad entendiendo una
acepción comúnmente aceptada para hacer referencia a determinadas herramientas online como
Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram o Twitter entre otras. Así, ca…[Read more]

El uso del término redes sociales se ha extendido de manera mayoritaria en los países de habla
hispana, no sólo de forma académica y científica, si no también en toda la sociedad entendiendo una
acepción comúnmente aceptada para hacer referencia a determinadas herramientas online como
Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram o Twitter entre otras. Así, ca…[Read more]

Article sobre l’aportació de l’historiador Josep Massot a la musicologia catalana. Publicat al núm. 56 de la revista “Modèlics” de l’Associació d’Amics del Seminari de Mallorca, dedicat íntegrament a homenatjar el pare Massot.

Academic freedom is under attack, both in authoritarian democracies, such as Hungary and Turkey, and in liberal Western democracies, such as the United States, the UK, France and Germany. For example, Gender Studies are being targeted by right-wing governments in Eastern Europe, and in France President Emmanuel Macron has attacked post-colonial…[Read more]

South Africa was one of the most unequal countries in the world in 1994 and inequality has featured prominently as a key socio-economic and policy challenge over the post-apartheid period. Yet, despite policy interventions with the aim of reducing inequality, these high levels of inequality remain in place. Such resilience in inequality demands…[Read more]

Mobility is a multifaceted concept with social, economic and political implications. This article reflects on the role of mobility and its relation to precarity in the emergence of protests in both Quito (Ecuador) and Santiago (Chile) in 2019 by examining the interplay between mobility and inequality. It argues that the announced increases in…[Read more]

Cicely Foster (1903-2002) va ser una compositora anglesa, alumna entre d’altres d’Alfredo Casella, Alfred Cortot i Nadia Boulanger. El 1932 ella i el seu marit, el pintor nord-americà Archie Gittes, es varen instal·lar a Mallorca. L’illa era aleshores un refugi de bohemis i artites estrangers, entre els quals Robert Graves, Albert Vigoleis T…[Read more]

Spain’s Local Government model has suffered from problems of its own that have been left out of the political debate and also from the scientific and academic ones. The Cities of Madrid and Barcelona have a special status through special laws, and due to their size and importance they have specific problems. Hence the importance of comparing the 2…[Read more]

Spain’s Local Government model has suffered from problems of its own that have been left out of the political debate and also from the scientific and academic ones. The Cities of Madrid and Barcelona have a special status through special laws, and due to their size and importance they have specific problems. Hence the importance of comparing the 2…[Read more]

Política, Gobierno y Administración en la Comunidad de Madrid, España

Política, Gobierno y Administración en la Comunidad de Madrid, España

El Título VIII de la Constitución Española de 1978 desarrolla una nueva distribución territorial del poder en España. En la constitución se observan dos grandes procesos institucionales: la democratización del estado, y la descentralización del poder, procesos que en su desarrollo muchas veces se iban a entender parejos, (Tamboleo García, 2013:144…[Read more]

El Título VIII de la Constitución Española de 1978 desarrolla una nueva distribución territorial del poder en España. En la constitución se observan dos grandes procesos institucionales: la democratización del estado, y la descentralización del poder, procesos que en su desarrollo muchas veces se iban a entender parejos, (Tamboleo García, 2013:144…[Read more]

The factors behind the rise of Islamism in Turkey remain the subject of intense scholarly debate. There are remarkable relationships between the rise of Islamism and preceding changes in population dynamics in Turkey. Rapid urbanization and large-scale migration of Kurds and other ethnic minorities from the east of the county to major cities in…[Read more]

El 1938, en plena guerra civil, la musicòloga, compositora i traductora Palmira Jaquetti Isant va publicar el que seria el seu únic llibre de poemes, “L’estel dins la llar”. Pau Casals i Baltasar Samper varen posar música a quatre d’aquests poemes; en el cas de Samper, ho va fer en un cicle inacabat de cançons per a veu i conjunt instrumental tit…[Read more]

La pandemia ha dejado al descubierto, necesidades y problemas sociales, asimismo, obligó a los gobiernos dar respuestas inmediatas de corto y mediano plazo para evitar el caos o la anomia social. El Covid-19, generó las condiciones hacia la realización de cambios y transformaciones sociales, para que, de esta incertidumbre y recesión, en lug…[Read more]

Some literary scholars have claimed that predictive models can measure the strength of the boundaries that separate different cultural categories—genres, for instance, or market segments. But interpreting textual models as evidence about the strength of a cultural distinction has seemed a questionable move to many readers. We use book reviews to t…[Read more]