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Botànica per a després d’una guerra: el viatge de Joan Salvador i Antoine de Jussieu per Espanya i Portugal

2013

Entre 1716 i 1717 l’apotecari barceloni Joan Salvador i Riera i Antoine de Jussieu, professor de botanica del Jardin du Roi de Paris van recorrer els camins d’Espanya i Portugal, ades en calessa, ades a lloms de mula per fer «observacions botaniques» . Aquest article presenta una breu ressenya de la nissaga dels Salvador i descriu sumariament el viatge dels dos naturalistes.

The eastern regions of Al-Andalus before the conquest by Catalonia-Aragon: An overview

2012

This article sets forth a highly schematic synthesis of current knowledge on the history of the eastern regions of Al-Andalus, particularly Tortosa, Valencia and the Balearic Islands, before they were conquered by the Crown of Aragon between the 12th and 13th centuries. After presenting the informational records on this region, we shall describe the main features in the construction of a society and a political order grounded on Arab-Berber immigrants and the creation of a new agrarian ecosystem. Finally, we shall offer observations of the nature of the legal power and the forms in which authority was exercised.

O Brasil na rota das migrações internacionais qualificadas espanholas no século XXI

2018

In order to understand recent migration, it is crucial to analyze the migratory modalities such as skilled international migration to Brazil, especially considering the ongoing transnational economic processes and their effects on the corresponding societies. Therefore, this article seeks to understand how the migratory dynamics of highly skilled Spanish professionals to the country are established taking into account the theoretical contribution of the circulation of brains and the category of knowledge workers. For this purpose, information from Brazilian?s Ministry of Labor is used on labor authorizations, financial contributions and insertion in the formal market in Spain; as well as da…

How viable are spanish credit cooperatives after recent bank capitalization and restructuring regulations?

2011

Over the past three years, major reforms have been approved in Spain in order to restructure the banking sector. The purpose of these reforms has been to reinforce the solvency of credit institutions through recapitalization and integration into larger organizations. The credit cooperatives have not presented any solvency problems which would justify these measures being applied to them. The problem that the financial authorities see in their case is their limited size. As a result, the credit cooperatives are immersed in an integration process which is not revolving around the Banco Cooperativo Español (BCE) or the Spanish Association of Rural Savings Banks, as might be expected, but is ta…

Public Policies and Social Economy in Spain and Europe

2008

The article considers different economic policies likely to affect the social economy sector as an institutional sector. In a first time it sets up an analytical framework which allows to apprehend the policies contents and offers three typologies. In the light of this framework it first makes a global evaluation of policies implemented in Europe and then focuses on Spain, one of the Union countries with the highest level of development of these policies. Finally, the author evaluates the efficiency of the main measures of economic policy applied in this country.

Inequality and poverty in a developing economy: Evidence from regional data (Spain, 1860-1930)

2015

Apart from measuring inequality and poverty at the provincial level in Spain between 1860 and 1930, this paper empirically assesses the relationship between economic growth and both inequality and destitution. The results, on the one hand, confirm the presence of a KuznetsÕ curve. However, although growing incomes did not directly contribute to reducing inequality, at least during the early stages of modern economic growth, other processes associated with economic growth significantly improved the situation of the bottom part of the population. On the other hand, growing incomes and lower inequality levels are shown to have been pro-poor.

Calvo Maturana, Antonio. Impostores. Sombras en la España de las luces, Madrid, Cátedra, 2015, 396 pp.

2016

Teatro del Siglo de Oro y ópera italiana del Seiscientos: un balance

2012

In 1992, during the 15th Conference of the International Musicological Society, a round table about «Spanish and French Theater in Italian Opera of the Seventeenth Century» took place in Madrid. It was a seminal moment in the discussion about the influence of Spanish Siglo de Oro Theater on the Italian Opera of the Seventeenth Century. This influence is today beyond question and is being revealed as an important aspect to understand both the success of Venetian Opera and the dissemination of Siglo de Oro Theater outside Spain. This article aims at illustrating and discussing the results of twenty years of scholarly research on the subject; it also suggests new paths of investigation. En 199…

La nobleza valenciana del Quinientos: lo social y su nomenclatura

2019

Panorámica del estado, la situación y los problemas que aquejaron a la nobleza valenciana durante el siglo XVI desde una perspectiva comparativa, aunque necesariamente selectiva. Se ha prestado una atención especial a la jerarquía nobiliaria, a su nomenclatura específica y a las fórmulas de tratamiento y cortesía que permiten conocer con cierta precisión los diferentes estatus o escalones nobiliarios. Se abordan también otros problemas «clásicos» de la historia social: poder y representación política, servicio a la corona, linaje, honores, títulos, patrimonio, rentas, señoríos, jurisdicciones, ingresos, gastos, endeudamiento, impacto expulsión de los moriscos, familia, matrimonio, papel de …

The Use of Non-Conventional Water Resources as a Means of Adaptation to Drought and Climate Change in Semi-Arid Regions: South-Eastern Spain

2019

Drought is a climatic risk with notable repercussions on water supply systems. The aim of this study is to analyze the principal measures for management and planning implemented during recent decades in south-eastern Spain (Segura River Basin) to respond to drought situations, focusing on the role played by non-conventional water resources (desalination and treated water). The results demonstrate that the study area (despite being one of the driest places of Spain) is less vulnerable to drought than regions with an Atlantic climate and greater availability of water. This has been possible thanks to the integration of non-conventional water resources as a means of adaptation to confront this…