Construir el futuro de la universidad pública


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Este libro surge de la necesidad de poner en común reflexiones que comparten la concepción de la universidad como servicio público a la ciudadanía y de la voluntad de ofrecer un diagnóstico desde el análisis crítico de la universidad actual y de su entorno. Contiene propuestas razonadas, frente a actuaciones y declaraciones interesadas, que en demasiados casos ofrecen propuestas sesgadas o incluso arbitrarias, poco o mal argumentadas, faltas de un diagnóstico adecuado o aquejadas de una orientación contraria a los intereses de la mayoría de la población. Sus autoras y autores aportan experiencia universitaria desde posiciones y puntos de vista distintos, desde el ejercicio de responsabilidades ministeriales hasta el de puestos de representación sindical, pasando por la dirección de centros y grupos de investigación y de universidades; y lo hacen y esto es importante desde su quehacer diario docente e investigador. El resultado, así lo creemos, es una invitación a la reflexión, al diálogo y la confrontación de ideas, desde el análisis crítico y la voluntad de construir una universidad pública renovada, que ejerza cada vez más y mejor el servicio público de la educación superior. Carlos Berzosa, Llum Bracho, Albert Corominas, Sergi Fillet, Agustín García Laso, Diego Llanes, Francisco Marcellán, Joan Maria Miró, Adolfo Quirós, Antoni Ras, Francisco Romero, Carmen Ruiz-Rivas, Vera Sacristán y Xavier Vence




Past and Power: Public Policies on Memory. Debates, from Global to Local


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The public authorities have not successfully resolved the management of the traumatic memory of the wars, dictatorships and massacres to which the European project was always intended to be a counterpoint. The conflict of memories and the public discourses about the past are latent on ideological, political and cultural levels. However, if in the past the conflict concerning memories tended to develop inside the borders of countries, it has now leapt into the European arena. This has also led to the confrontation and questioning of the great narratives established in the common memory, especially with countries of the East joining the European Union. Each community, group or nation maintains common memories that do not always fit in or converge with a general overall account. The origins of the UB Solidarity Foundation’s European Observatory on Memories lie in these debates, and through this book — which includes the contributions of specialists in multiple disciplines and the speeches that were given at the first international symposium, “Memory and Power: A Transnational Perspective” — it hopes to present some of the key challenges that this conflict of memories has in store for us in the present and in the future.




La prisión y las instituciones punitivas en la investigación histórica


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La Historia Social de las Instituciones Punitivas está necesitada en España de encuentro y debate, de confrontación y colaboración entre investigadores e investigadoras. Solo así logrará hacerse visible e inteligible como tendencia historiográfica y sobre todo como apuesta teórico-metodológica, porque de hecho ya es más que creíble como práctica historiográfica. Aquí, en este libro, junto a los logros también se perfilan las carencias y los retos más acuciantes. Lejos de buscar una autonomía extemporánea, la Historia Social de las Instituciones Punitivas quiere buscar su propia viabilidad a base de intersecciones y buenas mezclas. Esos objetivos se planteaba el Grupo de Estudio sobre la Historia de la Prisión y las Instituciones Punitivas (GEHPIP) ―un equipo interuniversitario y con sede en la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM)― al organizar lo que de forma homónima decidió titular I Congreso Internacional sobre Historia de la Prisión y las Instituciones Punitivas, celebrado en Ciudad Real entre el 10 y el 12 de abril de 2013. El libro electrónico que aquí se presenta es una buena muestra de lo que allí se comunicó y discutió. Social History of Punitive Institutions in Spain needs meetings and discussions, comparison and collaboration between researchers. Only then it will become visible and intelligible as a historiographical trend and, above all, as a theoretical-methodological hope, because in fact, now it is more than conceivable as a historiographical practice. Here in this book are outlined, along with the achievements, the shortcomings and the most pressing challenges. Far from seeking an extemporaneous autonomy, Social History of Punitive Institutions wants to try to find its own feasibility based on intersections and good mixings. Those objectives were considered by the Study Group about History of Prison and Punitive Institutions (Grupo de Estudio sobre la Historia de la Prisión y las Instituciones Punitivas, GEHPIP) –an interuniversity team and with central office at Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM)– when organising what it decided to name in an homonymous way 1st International Congress on History of Prison and Punitive Institutions (I Congreso Internacional sobre Historia de la Prisión y las Instituciones Punitivas), held in Ciudad Real (Spain) from 10 to 12 April 2013. The electronic book here presented is a good example of what it was told and discussed there.




European Union Support for Colombia's Peace Process


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This open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of the EU's crucial support for the implementation of the Havana Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP. It explores the use of new approaches and instruments that, despite some limitations and criticisms, could go beyond conventional liberal peace and provide useful lessons. Particular attention is paid to three axes: strengthening civil society, protection of human rights and a territorial peace perspective, as a contribution to the "local turn" in peace policies. The book first outlines the background of the conflict, the EU's two-decade defense of a negotiated peace, and the complexities of the peace process. Then, it analyses the development cooperation and political support provided in different areas: the collective reinsertion of ex-guerrillas, women and gender initiatives, the rights of ethnic communities, the sophisticated transitional justice system, as well as activities on reconciliation, victims and protection of human rights defenders.




Punto de Partida


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Revista de Historia de América


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Includes sections "Reseñas de libros," "Revistas" and "Bibliografía de historia de América."













Enhancing Democracy


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Since the end of the Pinochet regime, Chilean public policy has sought to rebuild democratic governance in the country. This book examines the links between the state and civil society in Chile and the ways social policies have sought to ensure the inclusion of the poor in society and democracy. Although Chile has gained political stability and grown economically, the ability of social policies to expand democratic governance and participation has proved limited, and in fact such policies have become subordinate to an elitist model of democracy and resulted in a restrictive form of citizen participation.