One objective of this chapter is to characterize the activities between Spanish communities and Chinese provinces and cities – their intensity, scope, advantages and obstacles that they face. The question relates to a broader perspective – the bilateral state government relations and the EU-China cooperation: is there any correlation between the relations at the state level and the regional level? Moreover, one of the ultimate goals of the whole project is to analyse the impact of the EU-China relations on paradiplomacy. Do the autonomous communities see any role of the EU in their activities with Chinese partners? Do they need any support from the European Union to have more intense or effective cooperation with this Asian partner? ; Publication financed by the National Science Centre, Poland. (Project number: 2015/19/B/HS5/02534 entitled "Rola regionów w polityce Unii Europejskiej wobec Chin/ The Role of Regions in the European Union Policy towards China")
International audience ; This research provides a broad picture of water sector governance in Spain, a country dealing with serious water stress and quality problems. Moreover, a decentralized structure of regional and local governments supports the design and development of water policies. In this context, governance emerges as a key issue to improve water resources allocation. Several key policies and institutional features have been described, with a special attention to economic instruments and the role of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). Definitively, greater efforts in the policy-making and coordination processes are needed in the Spanish water sector.
International audience ; This research provides a broad picture of water sector governance in Spain, a country dealing with serious water stress and quality problems. Moreover, a decentralized structure of regional and local governments supports the design and development of water policies. In this context, governance emerges as a key issue to improve water resources allocation. Several key policies and institutional features have been described, with a special attention to economic instruments and the role of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). Definitively, greater efforts in the policy-making and coordination processes are needed in the Spanish water sector.
Artículo publicado en Best's Review: World Insurance Forum, 1978, p. 42-43 ; 1977 was a difficult year for Spain. The new democratic system arrived, but the necessary measures to re-establish an economic balance were not implemented. Many people think that the situation is worsening, although this is not easy to notice in daily life. In any case, 1977 was an excellent year for insurers
Decentralization in Spain, Reg. Studies 36, 399–408. Since the transition to democracy in the late 1970s, Spain has undergone a process of deep decentralization and an incipient federalization. This article analyses the main features of such processes underlying the high level of home rule achieved by the 17 Comunidades Auto´nomas, when compared to other federal-like systems in the world. Accommodating Spain's secular diversity appears to be in line with the increasing role of meso life in the process of Europeanization. ; Peer reviewed
Publicado en: Regional Studies 36(4): 399-408, 2002 ; Since the transition to democracy in the late 1970s, Spain has undergone a process of deep decentralization and an incipient federalization. This article analyses the main features of such processes underlying the high level of home rule achieved by the 17 Comunidades Autónomas, when compared to other federal-like systems in the world. Accomodating Spain's secular diversity appears to be in line with the increasing role of meso life in the process of Europeanization. ; Peer reviewed
La reflexología está presente en la ciencia española desde el último tercio del siglo XIX y su importancia es visible en la obra de autores como Martín Salazar, Ramón y Cajal, Gómez Ocaña, Simarro o Turró. Las principales vías de penetración del pensamiento reflexológico en España son: a) las escuelas de neurofisiología y psicología de Barcelona y Madrid; b) un grupo de autores especialistas en patología médica y c) el Cuerpo de Sanidad Militar. La obra de Pavlov es acogida con especial interés. Fernández-España, que puede ser considerado el "primer pavloviano" español, lo sitúa como figura central en una serie de trabajos dedicados al estudio de la psicología objetiva, publicados entre 1914 y 1924. Planelles, por su parte, es el primer investigador que desarrolla un programa de experimentación pavloviana, presentando sus conclusiones en 1935. La Guerra Civil (1936-1939) trunca éste y otros muchos proyectos de la psicología española. Tras la guerra, lentamente volverá a recuperarse el interés por la reflexología y el pensamiento de Pavlov, primero a través de la medicina psicosomática y posteriormente en la década de los 60 por medio del trabajo de autores como Monserrat-Esteve, Rof Carballo y Colodrón. La progresiva inclusión de la psicología en las Facultades de Filosofía y Letras a partir de 1968 marca el inicio de una nueva etapa. ; Reflexology has been present throughout Spanish science since the last third of the nineteenth century and its importance can be seen in the works of authors such as Martín Salazar, Ramón y Cajal, Gómez Ocaña, Simarro and Turró. The most important research in Reflexology in Spain takes place a) at the Schools of Neurophysiology and Psychology in Barcelona and Madrid, b) with a group of authors specializing in pathological medicine and c) in the Military's Health Department. Pavlov's work was received in Spain with special interest. Fernández-España, who could be considered the "first Spanish Pavlovian," emphasized Pavlov's work in a series dedicated to the study of objective psychology which was published between 1914 and 1924. Planelles was the first investigator to develop a program in Pavlovian experimentation, presenting his results in 1935. The Civil War (1936-1939) ended these and many other Spanish projects in psychology. After the war, interest in Reflexology and Pavlov's theories slowly rose again, first through psychosomatic medicine and then in the 60's because of the works of such authors as Monserrat-Esteve, Rof Carballo and Colodrón. The progressive inclusion of psychology in the Schools of Philosophy and Arts after 1968 marked the beginning of a new era
Some countries face a national dilemma. Spain has rather a dilemma of nationalities. This is chiefly cultural and political with inter-regional disparities tending also to reinforce internal cleavages. Despite its secular conflicts of internal ethnoterritorial accommodation, Spain is an entity clearly identifiable as a country of countries, or a nation of nations. However, the social and cultural cohesion that makes up Spain's unity does not obliterate its internal rivalries.After a long hyper-centralist dictatorship (1939-75), and peaceful transition to democracy (1975-79), Spain has undergone a process of deep decentralisation. The 'open model' of home-rule-all-round has evolved into a gradual process of top-down 'federalization', despite that the Spanish 1978 Constitution does not include the word "federal" in any of its provisions. This paper analyses the main features of the ongoing process of 'devolutionary federalism' and provides with insights concerning the evolution of the competitive interplay among Spanish regions and nationalities. ; Peer reviewed
The elections to the Basque and Catalan Parliaments held i n the early months of 1984 constituted an important moment i n the development of the decentralised structures of the Spanish 'State of the Autonomies', created under the democratic Constitution of 1978. These were the second such elections i n the Basque Country and Catalonia since the grant of Autonomy Statutes i n December 1979. The results revealed not only a changing balance of forces within these regions (or 'nations', as Basque and Catalan nationalists insist), b u t also new tendencies which may affect the political situation i n Spain as a whole. ; Peer reviewed
10 páginas y 6 figuras ; The first soil maps representing Spain date from the beginning of the century: the Universal Soil Map of Glinka and that prepared by Sibirtzev and Ramman (Mudarra 1989). The first research work carried out on Spanish soil however must be attributed to E. Huguet del Villar, who was already pioneering soil surveys of the Iberian Peninsula in 1927 on the occasion of the first Intemational Soil Science Congress held in Washington (Huguet del Villar 1927). At that time, he collaborated on the world map drawn up by Stremme. Huguet del Villar's work in Spain, curtailed by the Spanish Civil War, culminated with th e publication of a two-language book (Spanish-English) Soils of the Lusitano-Iberian Peninsula in 1937, which included a l:l,500,000 scale soil map. In 1939, after the Spanish Civil War, with Huguet del Villar absent because of his political convictions, a second stage of Spanish soil mapping commenced. ; Peer reviewed
This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
All Spain's Comunidades Autónomas have democratic constitutional Statutes of Autonomy (Estatutos de Autonomía) for their internal organization. The 1978 Spanish Constitution is the legitimacy source for the right to self-government by the comunidades Autónomas. The authority of the regional layer is not a surrogate of the Central government. ; Peer reviewed
This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
The so-called "Autonomic State" (Estado Autonómico or Estado de las Autonomías) is a state made up of Comunidades Autónomas or Autonomous Communities (ACs). This autonomic state was envisaged in Spain's 1978 democratic Constitution, following a general cross-party political and social consensus reached after the demise of General Francisco Franco's dictatorship. As a consequence, it has implied the creation and accommodation of 17 regions and nationalities by way of an extensive decentralization of powers and responsibilities and constitutional recognition of regional self-rule and cultural diversity. The existence of different languages, political traditions, distinct civil-law traditions, peculiar ways of financing governments in some ACs, and insular conditions of others was recognized in the 1978 Constitution. ; Peer reviewed
