Patricia Almaguer-Kalixto

TL;DR: The articles in this monograph introduce some of the current work of the research committee and showcase the extensive potential for sociocybernetics’ interaction with other areas of sociology and contemporary debate.

TL;DR: In this article, a trabajo analyzes the tercer sector de accion social (TSAS) of Teruel, a provincia de Aragon (Espana) with poblacion mayoritariamente rural, dispersa, and escasa.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a research methodology for analyzing policy processes that are defined at the global level but implemented locally, identifying the interrelations between policy action, actors and discourses.

TL;DR: Almaguer-Kalixto et al. as mentioned in this paper analyzed a regional integration process that includes Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico and Panama and found that strong intervention on the part of supra-national stakeholders that have prioritised liberalisation over the sustainable development agenda for 15 years, weakening regional environmental agencies' ability to produce warrants to reduce the environmental impacts of regionalisation.

TL;DR: Participatory action research (PAR) has been used as a methodology for social intervention that combines research enquiry and action in the analysis of and intervention in complex social problems.