Search results for "democracy"

Hacia una pedagogía de la diversidad o la exigencia de repensar el carácter inclusivo de la escuela

2008

Desde la perspectiva de entender la educación de la ciudadanía como un instrumento al servicio de la convivencia democrática, este artículo se aproxima al análisis de uno de los desafíos educativos fundamentales de las sociedades del tercer milenio: la búsqueda de un adecuado equilibrio entre la sólida formación de las identidades y la gestión democrática de la diversidad. La realidad pluricultural y compleja de las sociedades actuales exige de los profesionales de la educación una reflexión fundamentada sobre los principios básicos de la llamada "pedagogía de la diversidad" y repensar aquellos parámetros de cambio que conviertan la escuela en un escenario de inclusión. El aprendizaje de lo…

The Temptation of Populism in David Cameron’s Leadership Style

2015

DOI: 10.1057/9781137439246\₁0; International audience; It may seem unusual to associate the widely-used concept of populism with the leadership of the British Prime Minister, David Cameron. Populism is, however, open to various interpretations and definitions and so easy to manipulate that it could apply to almost anything. Moreover, populism has so often been used to describe movements and groups critical of representative democracy, generating a ‘malaise’ (Mény and Surel, 2002: 21) or a ‘threat’ to democracy (Mudde and Kaltwasser, 2012), that it is has become difficult to conceive it as a new political practice in the hands of democratic governments. To accept what would appear to be a co…

Neoliberalism in the Culture of Terror

2018

One of the most troubling aspects of neoliberalism is that paradoxically though it is widely used and cited in the different studies, books, and dissertation in social sciences, little is known respecting its nature. This is the reason why the present chapter theorizes on neoliberalism, its different meanings, as well as its ideological core. Today’s neoliberalism coincides with something else than the need to adopt free trade globally to curb social conflict. It traverses many other fields that are confronting neorealism. I dissect, here, not only the evolution of liberal mind through different authors and authoritative voices, but also how 9/11 and an imposed culture of fear gradually und…

European Union Crisis: An Introduction

2020

What is the impact of crisis on European Union (EU) integration? This chapter unpacks the concept of crisis and ways to conceptualize it. We outline three conceptual scenarios on the EU’s putative response to crisis and subsequently apply them in all chapters of the volume. The chapter sums up the key findings from different parts of the Handbook on the impact of crisis on EU policies and institutions, as well as the applicability of existing theories. The volume finds overall that the EU has been surprisingly resilient in the face of crises due to its ability to adapt and absorb, and if necessary, change, in response to crisis. The chapter also discusses the EU’s responses to democratic ch…

Background and Introduction: Why Debating Equal Pay for All?

2020

With an effort to justify the need to debate whether all people—no matter of profession and position (and also whether one has a job or not)—should have the same pay, this chapter introduces the anthology as well as the chapters and their different standpoints in the debate, along with their various bases for arguing as they do. After a brief background to the subject debated in the book, the book (and its format) is connected to the democratic aspect of debating. The final and major part of the chapter introduces and summarizes the remainder of the chapters in the book.

The ‘First’ Freire: On Education for Democracy and Social Change

2019

There is no question that Paulo Freire’s contribution to education for social transformation has been phenomenal. This brief paper explores some of the earlier concepts developed by Freire  in the seventies, what I have termed the First Freire, offering an unique perspective on his original thought.

Topicality of Critical Thinking in the Post-Soviet Educational Space

2009

After the reestablishment of independence in 1991, Latvia implemented large-scale educational reforms that enabled the transformation of the educational system from Soviet ideology to a democratic society. The critical thinking approach has been purposefully put into practice in the educational system of Latvia since 1998, as it was regarded as an instrument of the education and democratization of the whole society. The Soviet ideological heritage, which is manifest in the value orientation and daily experience of teachers and parents, encumbers the implementation of the educational reform, as it creates a gap between the reform's objectives and the reality of modifications at the level of …

The 2016 EU Referendum Stories in Austrian, German, and Swiss Media: Catastrophes, Characterizations, Challenges

2018

People construct meaning by telling stories, so what are the stories told in Austrian, German and Swiss media about the 2016 EU referendum? They are stories of catastrophe and tragedy; of politicians characterized as working for their parties and careers, not for the public; stories of right-wing populism and nationalism, constructing illusions about the nation’s history; descriptions of responsibilities and the enormous causes and consequences of the EU referendum; stories of the incredible threats to society, democracy and the state; and definitions of what needs to be done now in the EU and UK in order to improve people’s lives.

“The World Goes Very Fast”. Migrant Mothers Meeting the Norwegian Digitalization Politics

2019

Vicent Llombart Rosa (1948-2017): obituario. Historiografía y compilación bibliográfica

2017

El doctor Vicent Llombart Rosa fue catedrático de Historia del Pensamiento Económico de la Universitat de València y un reconocido experto en la Ilustración, miembro de la Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas, decano de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales de Valencia y consejero del primer gobierno socialista valenciano de la democracia. A continuación se ofrecen su biografía, el resumen de sus principales aportaciones a la historiografía del siglo XVIII y una compilación de su obra académica y periodística. Dr. Vicent Llombart Rosa was Professor of History of Economic Thought at the University of Valencia and a renowned expert in the Enlightenment, member of the Roy…