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Este artículo reseña: Informe sobre la cultura española y su proyección global [ICE-2011]. Enrique Bustamante (coord.) Madrid: Fundación Alternativas; Marcial Pons, 2011

Historic cities are subject of transformation aiming their development all around the globe. The rehabilitation of Plaza Garibaldi is an example which main objective is the one to revert the process of decay in the public space of an emblematic historic district. Plaza Garibaldi has a strong touristic potentiality due to its traditions based on the public space dynamics. This paper analyses the urban intervention according to the historic urban landscape approach. It emphasizes the identification of local cultural resources as the main challenges in the elaboration of urban interventions, especially, when these do not correspond to global standards of development. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the importance of democratic participation of local communities for elaborating interventions of cultural significance. It also shows the validity of the HULA for the safeguarding of the authenticity and local cultural diversity in historic urban areas.

Trotz vielversprechender Ausgangslage wird vor allem seitens der Politik, insbesondere wenn die Mittelverteilung zur Diskussion steht, der Wert der Geisteswissenschaften oft in Frage gestellt. Im falschen Glauben, dass Innovation, Fortschritt und wirtschaftliches Wachstum allein von den Natur-, den technischen und den medizinischen Wissenschaften getragen werden, stellt man Investitionen für die Geisteswissenschaften zur Disposition. Die Anerkennung eines Mehrwerts der Geisteswissenschaften für die Wirtschaft liegt ebenfalls – trotz eines erhöhten Bewusstseins für die Bedeutung von Sprache und Kultur in all ihren verschiedenen Ausdrucksformen – nicht auf der Hand. In weiten Teilen von Politik und Wirtschaft bestehen auch heute noch falsche Vorstellungen davon, welche Kenntnisse und Kompetenzen in einem geisteswissenschaftlichen Studium erworben werden. Die Zeit ist reif für eine ebenso kritisch wie selbstbewusst geführte Diskussion darüber, wie die Geisteswissenschaften auf die massgeblich veränderte Lage reagieren sollen. Wie können sie sich neu positionieren ? Welche Reformen sind nötig ? Wo braucht es zusätzliche finanzielle Mittel ? Die Schweizerische Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften will zu dieser Diskussion mit Empfehlungen zu drei besonders relevant erscheinenden Bereichen beitragen : — Die Gestaltung der Curricula (Lehre) — Die universitäre Strukturierung der Geisteswissenschaften (Forschung) — Die Qualitäts- und Leistungsmessung (Forschung und Lehre) ; Cite as: Schweizerische Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften (2012): Positionspapier - Für eine Erneuerung der Geisteswissenschaften. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.889571

The institutional change, noticed in 2009 in the Belgian mobile telecommunications policy, is remarkable. Taking into account that federal states make the achievement of advocacy coalitions' strategies easier, this article is based on the assumption that, in addition to the institutionalist theory, federalization may be explained by strategies of 'losing coalitions' -- who want a privileged position in public policies -- on venues and on framing. Furthermore, leaning on the path opened up by advocacy coalitions, institutions -- in this situation Regions -- can also be conceived as strategic actors, increasing their autonomy in a centrifugal federal state. Adapted from the source document.

This article focuses on the normative implications International Relations Theories have on reality. The objective is to produce inferences about the impacts these theories could provoke on states' behavior. Firstly, this article shows the divide between two set of theories. Some conceive the possibility that a group of states renounces the use of violence among each other. Other perspective consider that the very essence of international relations is the state of war amongst everyone, which makes perpetual peace unachievable. Secondly, this study presents the analytical and prescriptive differences between the theories that reckon the possibility of peace. Adapted from the source document.

Science in a regional context: Sociology and economy at the University of Groningen.The relation between a university and its regional service area is two-sided. A university depends on the regional service area, for example for supplying students and research topics. On the other hand a service area can profit from the university by applying the results of the research conducted. In this article we explore this relationship in the case of the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. The focus is on research by two scientists: the work of the sociologist C.D. Saal from the1950s and the work of the economist Jan Oosterhaven from the 1970s. The research of both men was strongly grounded in a regional discussion about social-economic development and was conducted through methods that could be considered as innovative for that time. Although the direct relevance of their work is modest, especially for Saal's work, their work directly influenced the debate about economic development. It helped regional politicians to find legitimation for their policy proposals. Both men contributed to the transfer of knowledge to practice by participating in the ongoing debates about rural and regional development. Therefore, we can conclude that their research illustrates the productive relationship between scientists and the regional context in which research is conducted.