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Ciudadanos y democracia representativa: ¿una relación conflictiva? Análisis de la desconfianza en las instituciones en España
El objetivo de este trabajo es comprender si la desconfianza que experimentan hoy en día los ciudadanos, junto con las peticiones que de ella se originan, representa una amenaza para la democracia representativa. A nivel teórico, la presente investigación se fundamenta en la diferencia entre soporte político específico y difuso. A partir de ahí se ha querido profundizar en cómo los factores de orden estructural (crisis económica, corrupción, cambio en el PIB y desigualdad) afectan a la desconfianza y, a través de esta, al descontento con el funcionamiento de la democracia (apoyo específico). Todo ello sin llegar a tener un impacto en los niveles de apoyo al régimen democrático (...
Trapped in the Middle?
There is growing evidence that overcoming the low-income threshold and reaching middle-income status is not sufficient for countries to converge toward high-income levels. Few middle-income countries have successfully completed that transit in recent decades, with the majority remaining in the middle-income group, and so facing what has come to be called "the middle-income trap". It is therefore essential to explore whether middle-income traps really exist and, if they do, how these pitfalls are manifested, what their causes are, what economic policy measures are required to escape from them, and what international cooperation can do to support this process. Trapped in the Middle? brings together diverse perspectives on these important questions, providing new evidence and analytical approaches to enrich the debate on the domestic and international challenges faced by a significant number of middle-income countries, in which over three-quarters of the global population live.
Scroungers
Scroungers, spongers, parasites ... These are just are some of the terms that are typically used, with increasing frequency, to describe the most vulnerable in our society, whether they be the sick, the disabled, or the unemployed. Long a popular scapegoat for all manner of social ills, under austerity we've seen hostility towards benefit claimants reach new levels of hysteria, with the 'undeserving poor' blamed for everything from crime to even rising levels of child abuse. While the tabloid press has played its role in fuelling this hysteria, the proliferation of social media has added a disturbing new dimension to this process, spreading and reinforcing scare stories, while normalising the perception of poverty as a form of 'deviancy' that runs contrary to the neoliberal agenda. Provocative and illuminating, Scroungers explores and analyses the ways in which the poor are portrayed both in print and online, placing these attitudes in a wider breakdown of social trust and community cohesion.
Families, the State and Educational Inequality in the Singapore City-State
Focusing on Singapore’s education system from an equity perspective, Chiong’s book describes the often unheard perspectives of socio-economically disadvantaged families in Singapore. The performance of Singaporean students on international education benchmarking tests has been widely recognised. Relatively less known is how socio-economically disadvantaged families negotiate Singapore’s highly competitive, stratifying and meritocratic system. Yet, families’ perspectives can provide crucial insight in understanding how policy is ‘lived’ and experienced, and its effects on people’s lives. Drawing on 72 interviews with 12 families, this book traces the development of surprisingly ...
In Praise of Skepticism
A culture of trust is usually claimed to have many public benefits--by lubricating markets, managing organizations, legitimating governments, and facilitating collective action. Any signs of its decline are, and should be, a matter of serious concern. Yet, In Praise of Skepticism recognizes that trust has two faces. Confidence in anti-vax theories has weakened herd immunity. Faith in Q-Anon conspiracy theories triggered insurrection. Disasters flow from gullible beliefs in fake Covid-19 cures, Madoff pyramid schemes, Russian claims of Ukrainian Nazis, and the Big Lie denying President Biden's legitimate election. Trustworthiness involves an informal social contract by which principals author...
América Latina: sociedad, economía y seguridad en un mundo global
Este libro recoge parte de los trabajos generados en 2013 en el marco del convenio de colaboración académica suscrito entre la Universidad de Alcalá y CAF - banco de desarrollo de América Latina. Dicho convenio estableció la necesidad de crear un espacio de reflexión compartido entre América Latina y la Unión Europea para analizar la situación actual y el estado de sus relaciones, centrándose en algunos temas prioritarios, como el funcionamiento de las instituciones democráticas, la fiscalidad, la cohesión social, la seguridad ciudadana, la competitividad, la integración regional, el género y la participación ciudadana. Un mundo plural internacionalizado exige nuevas claves. E...
Desafección política y gobernabilidad: el reto político
El descrédito de los principales partidos políticos conlleva el riesgo de que la desafección ciudadana favorezca la aparición de candidaturas extrasistema, cuya llegada al gobierno puede tener consecuencias imprevisibles. Carentes de trayectoria anterior, apoyándose sobre todo en el malestar de los ciudadanos y en un discurso de condena genérica de los partidos anteriores, estas candidaturas extrasistema tal vez tomen decisiones que hipotequen seriamente el futuro del país, además de polarizar a la sociedad al negar legitimidad al resto de los partidos. En el caso de estos regímenes fundacionales, no es descabellado temer la aparición creciente de tendencias autoritarias.
EU Treaties and the Judicial Politics of National Courts
Cases such as the Maastricht ruling by the German Federal Constitutional Court or the 'Crotty; decision by the Irish Supreme Court have gone down in the history of European integration as outstanding examples of intervention by judicial actors in important political processes. In this book, Dr. Castillo Ortiz makes for the first time a comprehensive analysis of all such rulings by national higher courts on European Union treaties issued during their processes of ratification. Using an interdisciplinary Law and Politics approach and a sophisticated methodological strategy, the book describes the political dynamics underlying some of the most relevant judicial episodes in the process of Europe...
