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Palaos, el último país en alcanzar la independencia en el océano Pacífico, es un Estado con una gran influencia estadounidense en su sistema político. Unas islas que han formado parte de diversos países a lo largo de su historia y al igual que otros archipiélagos de Oceanía carece de partidos políticos. Un poder legislativo con dos cámaras igualmente relevantes con la capacidad de remover a las más altas instituciones del Estado y donde los ciudadanos tienen gran control sobre sus dirigentes políticos pudiendo separarles de su escaño. En esta ponencia se analiza la situación política y electoral de Palaos, desde un punto de vista descriptivo, clarificando la importancia de la historia y las tradiciones para reflexionar sobre la situación actual del Estado. ; Palau, the last country to achieve the independence in the Pacific Ocean, is a state with a large American influence in its political system. These islands have been part of many countries throughout their history and like other islands of Oceania has no political parties. A legislature with two chambers equally relevant with the ability to remove the highest institutions of the state and where citizens have great control over their political leaders because they can separate them from their seats. In this paper political and electoral situation of Palau is analyzed from a descriptive point of view, clarifying the importance of history and traditions to reflect on the current situation of the state.

Las campañas electorales constituyen el periodo por excelencia de movilización de formaciones políticas con el objetivo de pedir el voto a los electores. Para ello, los partidos políticos, federaciones, coaliciones o agrupaciones de electores planifican la estrategia a seguir y las actuaciones a llevar a cabo para poder conseguir un mayor número de sufragios. El periodo oficial establecido de campaña electoral coincide con el último momento donde se procede a dar a conocer propuestas e ideas con el fin de optar a conseguir los objetivos electorales propuestos con anterioridad. En este sentido, la planificación sobre las campañas electorales suele comenzar cuando se designan los candidatos a las respectivas instituciones, procediendo a presentar a los designados, comenzando la movilización externa de la formación política que se trate. En este caso, se expone un modelo de planificación local de campañas electorales que responde a la idea de elaborar campañas electorales permanentes. ; Election campaigns are the excellence time for political mobilization in order to ask the voters to vote. For this, political parties, federations, coalitions or groups of voters planned to follow the strategy and actions to be carried out in order to achieve a greater number of votes. The officially established period of election campaign coincides with the last time where appropriate to disclose proposals and ideas to decide to meet the objectives proposed electoral advance. In this regard the planning of the campaign usually begins when candidates are referred to the respective institutions, and proceeded to present to the designated starting external mobilization of political formation in question. In this case presents a model of local campaign planning that responds to the idea of developing permanent campaign.

The Canary Islands conform the most populated ultra-peripheral region of the European Union with almost two million inhabitants, receiving more than 13 million tourists in 2019, in a pre-pandemic scenario. Therefore, the islands represent a very particular setting to explore the impact of the global pandemic in business in general, and also in gender diversity and the situation of women on corporate boards in particular. Firms from several industries were observed in detail, as retail, wholesale, construction, manufacturing, repair and sale of vehicles and accommodation. The study explores the setting just before the advent of the coronavirus to their lives in a region which is obviously highly fragile to these events. The study reveals huge gaps in gender equality, with women less present and with less executive power than men, particularly in companies with better results and from certain industries, which confirms previous stereotypes. Further research will be required by means of longitudinal studies.

The main purpose of this paper is to contribute to analyze recent data about the behavior of national park administrations on Facebook. As public organizations, they endeavor to proactively communicate information to citizens, promoting transparency and accountability. It is important to study the case of national parks because of their relevant role in preserving natural and cultural heritage and promoting a very rich scenario of policy-making and responsible local and global citizenship. Some insights have arisen for political management of these institutions. According to the analysis of the results, it is shown that there exists a significant presence of these entities in Facebook, even if this type of communication is perhaps in its infancy. The results suggest that a potential factor (country in which each park is located and the corresponding administration style) exists, in order to explain significant differences between parks.

This study focuses on the use of Instagram by tourism companies. Specifically, it aims to analyze how Instagram empowers individuals over corporations in the digital dialogue, thus balancing the information asymmetry between corporations and stakeholders. Four categories of metrics have been collected to analyze the use of Instagram by companies: presence, impact, conversation, and influence. Additionally, OLS regressions have been performed to identify potential explanatory factors to explain the different behavior of each firm and its corresponding communities. While the use of Instagram by the selected firms is still scarce, significant results are as follows: corporations are using Instagram as an additional channel in their current communication; some explanatory factors account for significant differences in countries, size, and industries; and users are somehow reactive to the stream of pictures and texts disclosed by firms. The presence and impact of companies on Instagram are a highly important source for driving stakeholders' conversation within the digital arena.

The Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands are two archipelagos that form part of Spain and the European Union. Both are autonomous communities, with institutions that foist administrative peculiarities on their respective archipelagos. Each of the islands has an island council as a governing and administrative body with specific competences to be developed in its territory. The creation of the island councils of the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands represents a specificity within the insular framework of the European Union. Their evolution has been uneven since cabildos were created in the Canary Islands in 1912 and consells in the Balearic Islands in 1978; but currently they have a similar position in the overall archipelagos and in the Spanish legal framework. This article tracks the common evolution of the island councils, as well as their current development and future prospects.

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Google Trends, despite its controversial nature for some authors, can be considered an illustrative tool in exploring the political inclinations of a given audience. In the current European Union context, understanding the views and opinions of the public is of paramount importance. Through the analysis of search trends, Google Trends can provide valuable insights into the popularity of political parties in the context of the European Union along with other jurisdictions and how these trends change over time. Furthermore, by incorporating fractal dimensions and ARFIMA (Autoregressive Fractionally Integrated Moving Average) analysis into the data obtained, it is possible to reveal previously non-evident relationships, thereby providing a more comprehensive understanding of the audience's political leanings and their interest in specific political parties. The aim of this exploratory study is to assess the potential of ARFIMA, applied to Google Trends data, in characterizing political parties. Preliminary results indicate that this apparatus can be useful for that purpose.

This paper shows the process followed to prepare the evaluation of the III Canary Plan on Drug Addiction, published in 2018 and which has served as the basis for the current IV Canary Plan on Addictions (2020-2024). The importance of this evaluation is that a system has been applied based on an adequate methodological triangulation aimed at solving different obstacles related to the adequate monitoring of the contents of the III Plan, both when executing the actions in terms of prevention and drug treatment. To this end, different recommendations regarding evaluation were taken into account at all times, as well as the different powers that the different Public Administrations have in terms of addictions. Therefore, by applying different social research techniques to the evaluation process, it was possible to carry out the evaluation of the III Canary Plan on Drug Addiction.