MA (Madrid, Juan March Institute), PhD (Essex University).
Since Nov 2010, Associate Professor of Sociology, Universidad de Salamanca (Spain). Previously, Senior Researcher at the Human Rights Centre, Essex University, and Garcia Pelayo Research Fellow, Spanish Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies (Madrid). Address: Salamanca, Spain
Este estudio explora las ideas, actitudes y percepciones sobre la igualdad por parte de chicas de... more Este estudio explora las ideas, actitudes y percepciones sobre la igualdad por parte de chicas de 16 a 20 años. Interesan sus actitudes hacia la política y el feminismo, pero también sus decisiones y circunstancias en relación con su vida personal. Las chicas jóvenes, sería la hipótesis de la investigación, quizás se sientan desenganchadas de la igualdad.
This article discusses 15-M and anti-austerity mobilizations in Spain from the perspective of rep... more This article discusses 15-M and anti-austerity mobilizations in Spain from the perspective of repression. The literature has paid a great deal of attention to the consequences of this cycle of protest in relation to the quality of democratic participation and governance; it could be argued that the 15-M movement has raised the standards for key aspects of Spanish democracy. In articulating new counter-hegemonic claims, however, 15-M mobilizations have created an opportunity for new forms of repression. Drawing on criminology, socio-legal studies, and mobilization literature, we argue that this cycle of protest has been penalized. This involves a combination of technologies of repression that include invasive policing, securitization, and criminalization. Penalization needs to be seen as a dissent-suppressing mechanism, a negative response by political authorities and private actors that thrives when societies suffer from widespread anxieties about insecurity and crime.
The LGBT movement has been successful in improving the legal and social standing of sexual minori... more The LGBT movement has been successful in improving the legal and social standing of sexual minorities in Spain; this includes the recognition of same-sex marriages, joint adoption, and the right to change identification in public registers. The movement has also contributed to a wider acceptance of LGBT diversity at the societal level. LGBT mobilizations in Spain started in the 1970s, with the transition toward democracy. The first political generation of activists believed in gay liberation, supported revolutionary ideas, and defended street protesting. This did not prevent activists from seeking collaboration with the state, as urgent legal action was required to end the criminalization of homosexual relations. After a decade of demobilization, a new generation of activists revamped LGBT activism in Spain during the 1990s, again with a well-defined political agenda: reacting to the devastation caused by AIDS, and also to the changes taking place in the international stage, the new...
En este artículo analizamos los discursos de periodistas y columnistas conservadores, críticos co... more En este artículo analizamos los discursos de periodistas y columnistas conservadores, críticos con el movimiento 15M, que escribieron piezas en este sentido entre el 16 de mayo y el 30 de septiembre de 2011. Estas piezas fueron publicadas en tres periódicos diferentes: Abc, Libertad Digital y La razón. Defendemos que el esfuerzo de estos periodistas por denigrar al activismo ha de ser visto como una forma de represión de la protesta; la prensa, así, puede desarrollar mecanismos discursivos hostiles que se insertan en una estrategia más amplia de represión de la juventud. En esta estrategia, la prensa conservadora se alía con la policía y con partidos políticos también conservadores para ‘securitizar’ la protesta. El examen de la participación de la prensa española en la represión revela sorprendentes paralelismos con una visión del mundo que se creía ya muy superada: en particular, los periodistas y columnistas conservadores han resucitado la ‘psicología de las masas’, es decir, aqu...
The political impact of religiosity has for long been a neglected issue, both in Europe in genera... more The political impact of religiosity has for long been a neglected issue, both in Europe in general, and in the Iberian Peninsula in particular. Yet the intensity of conflict generated by religious issues in many European countries over their recent past suggests religious ...
Información del artículo Mapping the Use of Judicial Review to Challenge Local Authorities in Eng... more Información del artículo Mapping the Use of Judicial Review to Challenge Local Authorities in England and Wales.
In this paper we consider the relationship between l vels of judicial review litigation and the q... more In this paper we consider the relationship between l vels of judicial review litigation and the quality of local government services. The f indings indicate that judicial review may be making a positive contribution to loc al government in England and Wales. The paper also considers the way local gover nm nt officials perceive judicial review and argues that reactions cannot be wholly u nderstood in terms of incentives. Judicial review makes a positive contribution to pu blic administration at least partly because it promotes values that are central to the et os of public administration and assists officials in resolving tensions between ind ividual and collective justice.
This paper raises some of the key issues that have emerged from our study of the impact of judici... more This paper raises some of the key issues that have emerged from our study of the impact of judicial review litigation on the quality of local government services in England and Wales. Judicial Review is the High Court procedure by which those with a ‘sufficient interest’ can challenge decisions of public authorities on the grounds that authorities have failed to meet their legal obligations, including human rights obligations; or have acted unfairly or exceeded or abused their legal powers (or threatened to do these things). The paper discusses whether or not a greater engagement with public law litigation, as experienced in the UK in recent times, may be leading to improvements or declines - in access to services and in service delivery for individuals and classes of services user, to improvements in the clarity and accountability of processes within local authorities, and to greater levels of legal awareness, including the furtherance of the practical application of the rule o...
Este estudio explora las ideas, actitudes y percepciones sobre la igualdad por parte de chicas de... more Este estudio explora las ideas, actitudes y percepciones sobre la igualdad por parte de chicas de 16 a 20 años. Interesan sus actitudes hacia la política y el feminismo, pero también sus decisiones y circunstancias en relación con su vida personal. Las chicas jóvenes, sería la hipótesis de la investigación, quizás se sientan desenganchadas de la igualdad.
This article discusses 15-M and anti-austerity mobilizations in Spain from the perspective of rep... more This article discusses 15-M and anti-austerity mobilizations in Spain from the perspective of repression. The literature has paid a great deal of attention to the consequences of this cycle of protest in relation to the quality of democratic participation and governance; it could be argued that the 15-M movement has raised the standards for key aspects of Spanish democracy. In articulating new counter-hegemonic claims, however, 15-M mobilizations have created an opportunity for new forms of repression. Drawing on criminology, socio-legal studies, and mobilization literature, we argue that this cycle of protest has been penalized. This involves a combination of technologies of repression that include invasive policing, securitization, and criminalization. Penalization needs to be seen as a dissent-suppressing mechanism, a negative response by political authorities and private actors that thrives when societies suffer from widespread anxieties about insecurity and crime.
The LGBT movement has been successful in improving the legal and social standing of sexual minori... more The LGBT movement has been successful in improving the legal and social standing of sexual minorities in Spain; this includes the recognition of same-sex marriages, joint adoption, and the right to change identification in public registers. The movement has also contributed to a wider acceptance of LGBT diversity at the societal level. LGBT mobilizations in Spain started in the 1970s, with the transition toward democracy. The first political generation of activists believed in gay liberation, supported revolutionary ideas, and defended street protesting. This did not prevent activists from seeking collaboration with the state, as urgent legal action was required to end the criminalization of homosexual relations. After a decade of demobilization, a new generation of activists revamped LGBT activism in Spain during the 1990s, again with a well-defined political agenda: reacting to the devastation caused by AIDS, and also to the changes taking place in the international stage, the new...
En este artículo analizamos los discursos de periodistas y columnistas conservadores, críticos co... more En este artículo analizamos los discursos de periodistas y columnistas conservadores, críticos con el movimiento 15M, que escribieron piezas en este sentido entre el 16 de mayo y el 30 de septiembre de 2011. Estas piezas fueron publicadas en tres periódicos diferentes: Abc, Libertad Digital y La razón. Defendemos que el esfuerzo de estos periodistas por denigrar al activismo ha de ser visto como una forma de represión de la protesta; la prensa, así, puede desarrollar mecanismos discursivos hostiles que se insertan en una estrategia más amplia de represión de la juventud. En esta estrategia, la prensa conservadora se alía con la policía y con partidos políticos también conservadores para ‘securitizar’ la protesta. El examen de la participación de la prensa española en la represión revela sorprendentes paralelismos con una visión del mundo que se creía ya muy superada: en particular, los periodistas y columnistas conservadores han resucitado la ‘psicología de las masas’, es decir, aqu...
The political impact of religiosity has for long been a neglected issue, both in Europe in genera... more The political impact of religiosity has for long been a neglected issue, both in Europe in general, and in the Iberian Peninsula in particular. Yet the intensity of conflict generated by religious issues in many European countries over their recent past suggests religious ...
Información del artículo Mapping the Use of Judicial Review to Challenge Local Authorities in Eng... more Información del artículo Mapping the Use of Judicial Review to Challenge Local Authorities in England and Wales.
In this paper we consider the relationship between l vels of judicial review litigation and the q... more In this paper we consider the relationship between l vels of judicial review litigation and the quality of local government services. The f indings indicate that judicial review may be making a positive contribution to loc al government in England and Wales. The paper also considers the way local gover nm nt officials perceive judicial review and argues that reactions cannot be wholly u nderstood in terms of incentives. Judicial review makes a positive contribution to pu blic administration at least partly because it promotes values that are central to the et os of public administration and assists officials in resolving tensions between ind ividual and collective justice.
This paper raises some of the key issues that have emerged from our study of the impact of judici... more This paper raises some of the key issues that have emerged from our study of the impact of judicial review litigation on the quality of local government services in England and Wales. Judicial Review is the High Court procedure by which those with a ‘sufficient interest’ can challenge decisions of public authorities on the grounds that authorities have failed to meet their legal obligations, including human rights obligations; or have acted unfairly or exceeded or abused their legal powers (or threatened to do these things). The paper discusses whether or not a greater engagement with public law litigation, as experienced in the UK in recent times, may be leading to improvements or declines - in access to services and in service delivery for individuals and classes of services user, to improvements in the clarity and accountability of processes within local authorities, and to greater levels of legal awareness, including the furtherance of the practical application of the rule o...
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