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Democracy at the end of the History
2013
This article analyzes the loss of legitimacy that the economic crisis brought upon representative democracy and the consequences that can be drawn for the thesis of the end of History. The thesis we defend here is that the deterioration of the welfare state, as a result, under very specific conditions, of the capitalism in certain parts of the world, runs parallel with the delegative degradation of democracy.
Numerical simulations and experimental measurements of the stress intensity factor in perforated plates
2008
A numerical procedure, which combines two hybrid finite element formulations, was developed to analyse the stress intensity factors in cracked perforated plates with a periodic distribution of holes and square representative volume elements. The accuracy of the method in predicting the stress intensity factor was verified by a comparison with experimental measurements, carried out by a photoelasticity method, and by commercial finite element software. Several simulations were executed by varying both the crack length and the hole diameters, and the effects of the holes on the stress intensity factor are illustrated. The method shows high accuracy and efficiency, as small differences were ob…
Coupled Multi-Field Continuum Methods for Porous Media Fracture
2015
The focus of the present contribution is on the numerical modelling of hydraulic fracture in fluid-saturated heterogeneous materials, which can be carried out on a macroscopic scale using extended continuum porous media theories. This accounts for the crack nucleation and propagation, deformation of the solid matrix and change in the flow of the interstitial fluid. In particular, fluid-saturated porous materials basically represent volumetrically interacting solid-fluid aggregates, which are modelled using the Theory of Porous Media. The hydraulic- or tension-induced fracture occurs in the solid matrix and is simulated using a diffusive phase-field modelling approach. This way of fracture t…
Philosophical and Youth-Studies Perspectives on the Participation Imperative
2020
In this article we analyse the concept of participation. The analysis is informed by both quantitative and qualitative youth studies conducted in Finland. To analyse different aspects of participation special emphasis is placed on the migrant young seeking asylum. Young can be seen as sometimes engaged and disengaged from the existing forms of participating. The results of the youth studies also show that there seems to be a gap between representative democracy and the peer-group-based forms of participation of the young. To analyse in detail how this gap can be understood, the theory of recognition developed by Axel Honneth is used to pinpoint different arenas of participation. Honneth’s l…
The Secondary Reality of the Media
2018
In this chapter, the author explores the relationship between Bourdieu’s idea on communication and his political philosophy. Bourdieu’s approach to communications was dominated by a paradox: on the one hand, he held communication to be a key social activity; on the other hand, he reach as a scientist for a level of existence where reality is not so much communicated as it is imposed on us. The author focuses on two central questions: Bourdieu’s analysis of the social activities as sign activity and his analysis of political representation and its links to civil society on the one hand and the critique of representative democracy on the other hand.
ES Padomes prezidentūras loma ārlietu jautājumos - Lietuvas un Itālijas gadījumu izpēte
2015
Darba ″ES Padomes prezidentūras loma ārlietu jautājumos – Lietuvas un Itālijas gadījumu izpēte″ mērķis ir analizēt ES Augsto pārstāvja sadarbību ar ES Padomes prezidējošo valsti pēc Lisabonas līguma. Darba problēma ir, vai radusies varas centralizācija un Prezidējošās valsts kompetences samazināšanās ārlietu jautājumos, Lisabonas līguma izveidotā ES Augstā pārstāvja amata dēļ? Uzdevumi: liberālā un vēsturiskā institucionālisma analīze; analīze Lisabonas līguma ieviestajām izmaiņām ārlietu un drošības jomā; Lietuvas un Itālijas ES Padomes prezidentūras analīze, koncentrējoties uz valsts sadarbību ar ES Augsto pārstāvi. Darbā izmantotas kvalitatīvās metodes – gadījumu un zinātniskās literatūr…
PRAGMÁTICA DE LA PUNTUACIÓN Y NUEVAS TECNOLOGÍAS
2014
La puntuación ha evolucionado a lo largo de la historia, no solo en cuanto al número de signos, sino también con respecto a su función de guía en la (re)presentación y el procesamiento del texto. El objetivo del presente artículo es discutir la pragmática de la puntuación en los principales modos de comunicación mediada por ordenador. Mi propuesta consiste en considerar que las nuevas formas escritas de interacción mediada por ordenador situadas en el polo de la inmediatez comunicativa han dado lugar a un particular sistema de puntuación metarrepresentativa que compite con los códigos de puntuación tanto retórico como gramatical. Punctuation has evolved through history, not only in the numb…
International public administration on the tip of the tongue: language as a feature of representative bureaucracy in the Economic Community of West A…
2020
Recent scholarship shows increasing interest in gender, ethnic or national representation within regional and international organizations. In contrast, language as a criterion of representation has rarely been scrutinized. We argue that this constitutes an important oversight for two reasons: (1) language is an important identity marker; and (2) language regimes in international public administrations can uniquely address representativeness relative to both member states and groups of citizens. Our article explores language representation in the Economic Community of West African States, and pursues a twofold objective: first, it extends the applicability of representative bureaucracy theo…
La representación sindical en España: cobertura y límites
2018
El objetivo de este artículo es realizar una aproximación al sistema de representación unitaria en la empresa en España a partir de una explotación estadística de los datos de las elecciones sindicales. Se trata de conocer aspectos como el alcance de la representación unitaria, la participación de los asalariados y la audiencia electoral de los sindicatos, con el objetivo de delimitar su representatividad y legitimidad. Nuestro trabajo se centra en el análisis de los tres últimos períodos electorales (2003-2007, 2007-2012 y 2012-2015), con objeto de evaluar el impacto del ciclo económico sobre la representación de los asalariados. The objective of this article is to make an approach to the …
A computationally effective 3D Boundary Element Method for polycrystalline micromechanics
2015
An effective computational framework for homogenization and microcracking analysis of polycrystalline RVEs is presented. The method is based on a recently developed grain-boundary formulation for polycrystalline materials and several enhancements over the original technique are introduced to reduce the computational effort needed to model three-dimensional polycrystalline aggregates, which is highly desirable, especially in a multiscale perspective. First, a regularization scheme is used to remove pathological entities, usually responsible for unduly large mesh refinements, from Voronoi polycrystalline morphologies. Second, an improved meshing strategy is used, with an aim towards meshing r…