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Showing papers in "Revista Internacional De Sociologia in 2021"


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on dissecting biomedicalization in different dimensions: biologicism, pathologization, use of treatments and health control, and an approach focused on women shows how this process affects to some conditions in their lives, such as menstruation, menopause, fertility, sexuality, childbirth, lactation, body, mental health and violence.
Abstract: Biomedicalization is a phenomenon that involves the intervention of biomedical knowledge and technologies in more and more aspects of life, increasing its jurisdiction from disease to health, and today, in the management of bodies and lives. In order to explain the complexity of this phenomenon, the article focuses on dissecting biomedicalization in different dimensions: biologicism, pathologization, use of treatments and health control. Biomedicalization has not been a homogeneous process, occurring similarly to any condition, any group and any place. An approach focused on women shows how this process affects to some conditions in their lives, such as menstruation, menopause, fertility, sexuality, childbirth, lactation, body, mental health and violence. To this end, the article provides some key works in Spanish State.

8 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined how the deterioration of the Spanish labor market following the economic crisis of 2008, has affected household labor and economic inequality according to family structure, and they compared the situation of single-parent and two-parent households in terms of labor intensity and low income from work.
Abstract: This paper examines how the deterioration of the Spanish labor market, following the economic crisis of 2008, has affected household labor and economic inequality according to family structure. To do this, using data from the Living Conditions Survey, we compared the situation of single-parent and two-parent households in terms of labor intensity and low income from work. The main results show that, in relation to labor intensity, both in the period of economic crisis and in the subsequent recovery period, the advantage that single-parent families had with respect to two-parent families has decreased. On the other hand, although single-parent households have a greater probability of experiencing labor income poverty, the difference with two-parent households has not varied throughout the study period.

4 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the La Ribera University Hospital (Alzira, Valencia) was the first experience of public-private partnership in the Spanish National Health System, where two models of human resource management (public/private) were coordinated.
Abstract: The La Ribera University Hospital (Alzira, Valencia) was the first experience of public-private partnership in the Spanish National Health System. In addition to the need to coordinate two levels of health care (primary/specialised), two models of human resource management (public/private) had to be coordinated. To illustrate this complexity, the group of midwives in the health area has been taken, analysing their relational patterns through the methodological approach of Social Network Analysis. In terms of results, out of a population of 31 midwives, those of the public model occupy peripheral positions and cooperate poorly, both internally and externally. However, those of the private model constitute a cohesive subgroup, which proves to be both a strength and a weakness. Midwives in primary care and in the private model bridge subgroups. Therefore, the presence of two management models determines the efficiency of maternal care rather than the division of care into two levels.

4 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, a genetic analysis of the institutionalisation of citizen participation in Spain, between 1978 and 2017, is carried out, concluding the neoliberal trend of the participatory turn that is implemented in Spain.
Abstract: In view of the global participative turn that is registered in the so-called western democracies, this article aims to know the particular form that this turn takes in Spain. To this end, a genetic analysis of the institutionalisation of citizen participation in the country, between 1978 and 2017, is carried out. From this analysis is concluded the neoliberal trend of the participatory turn that is implemented in Spain. The text describes the three main movements that make up the diagnosis of the neoliberal participatory turn: 1) the naturalization of a topos with a mechanistic nature of the crisis of democracy; 2) the neoliberal bureaucratization of participation, and 3) the privatization of participation. The general lines of the three movements are explained, and the particular analysis of the second of them, the neoliberal bureaucratization of citizen participation, is described.

3 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors address how the different groups of local forest actors in southern Aragon, Spain, perceive, interpret and narrate their forest landscapes, and highlight the directions in which public policies should be worked to increase the sustainability of forest landscapes and change the current and divergent socio-ecological discourses.
Abstract: In Southwest Europe the forest landscapes are threatened by degradation and abandonment. This research addresses how the different groups of local forest actors in southern Aragon, Spain, perceive, interpret and narrate their forest landscapes. From 30 qualitative interviews, four divergent socio-ecological discourses have been identified reflecting the social representations. It concludes by highlighting the directions in which public policies should be worked to increase the sustainability of forest landscapes and change the current and divergent socio-ecological discourses: revision of the relationships of property and use rights, increase of internal and external knowledge of the forest management and openness to new actors and new forms of interaction based on cooperation and social innovation.

2 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the role of Open Doors Events as key institutional devices to position schools in local education markets and reveal how, from these unequal positions, schools display different logics of action aimed at informing about their status among families and students from different social backgrounds.
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to explore the role of Open Doors Events as key institutional devices to position schools in local education markets. The paper draws on data from a qualitative study based on observation in 25 Open Doors Events in secondary schools in the city of Barcelona. The findings show, on the one hand, how promotional actions are mediated by the school’s position in the local hierarchy and by objectively unequal features in terms of type of ownership, social composition and programs offered. On the other hand, they reveal how, from these unequal positions, schools display different logics of action aimed at informing about their status among families and students from different social backgrounds. Overall, the paper presents a typology of schools that contributes at better understanding the hierarchy of the local education market in the transition to upper secondary education.

2 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the care that children provide to the elderly, taking as a unit of analysis the support networks where they are framed, is investigated in their strategies to reconcile said dedication with employment, and in how the labor and family circumstances of each one condition their participation in the care.
Abstract: Our study addresses the care that children provide to the elderly, taking as a unit of analysis the support networks where they are framed. The objective is twofold: to investigate in their strategies to reconcile said dedication with employment, and in how the labor and family circumstances of each one condition their participation in the care. In its development we use qualitative methodology, specifically semi-structured interviews to obtain information and Grounded Theory to analyze it. The results show that, although responsibility is shared, the employment status of the siblings determines their contribution to parental care. They also collect common strategies to combine employment and care, such as the sacrifice of the professional career or the search for external support to the family, as well as the leading role that people who are in single situations usually assume. Within mixed networks, we also find that there are still gender differences.

2 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, a theoretical review of the main care researches, along with feminist claims of its centrality, is presented, arguing that it arrives at a concept of care as complex socio-practical processes which are fundamental for subjectivities, social consensus and the perpetuation of a common world.
Abstract: This paper is a theoretical review of the course followed by most of the main care researches, along with feminist claims of its centrality. We argue that it arrives at a concept of care as complex socio-practical processes which are fundamental for subjectivities, social consensus and the perpetuation of a common world. Thinking about interdependence in such practices, ‘ethics of care’ and the emergence of a post-humanist perspective, we are able to go, in a second movement, beyond that concept describing the specific logic of care practices as a tinkering logic and claiming for a transition from those ethics to an eventual ontology of “matters of care” which is inevitably political and changes our vision of ourselves and our placement in environment.

2 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used linear regression models to analyze the data from the pooled Spanish samples of the European Social Surveys of 2004 and 2010 and found that in households without economic difficulties, gender behaviors have a lower influence on levels of satisfaction with life; however, in those households with economic difficulties the more traditional gender profiles are associated with a greater male satisfaction, unlike in the female case.
Abstract: Our goal is, taking the gender revolution as a reference, to explore whether the relative contribution to the economy of the household and to carry out the domestic tasks of the household are associated with the life satisfaction of adult Spanish women and men seaparately who live with a partner. For this purpose we use linear regression models to analyze the data from the pooled Spanish samples of the European Social Surveys of 2004 and 2010. In Spain there are two different situations defined by the different economic capacity of the household: in households without economic difficulties, gender behaviors have a lower influence on levels of satisfaction with life; however, in those housholds with economic difficulties the more traditional gender profiles are associated with a greater male satisfaction, unlike in the female case.

1 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyse the trajectories and reason of knowledge workers to locate in Madrid, based on an ad hoc online survey, and confirm the importance of "hard" factors related to employment opportunities for newcomers; over "soft" factors, related to the availability of urban amenities and lifestyles, which seem to influence specific groups and the retention of workers who have been in the region the longest.
Abstract: The attraction and retention of knowledge workers are considered fundamental vectors for urban development. This explains the interest in understanding the forces that guide the location of these workers and the basis for the attractiveness of the main cities. This research is based on the interpretive scheme of prior studies conducted at the European level and aims to analyse the trajectories and reason of knowledge workers to locate in Madrid, based on an ad hoc online survey. The results confirm the importance of “hard” factors related to employment opportunities for newcomers; over “soft” factors, related to the availability of urban amenities and lifestyles, which seem to influence specific groups and the retention of workers who have been in the region the longest. “Network” factors, such as both family and professional networks, contribute to this. All of this has implications for urban policies.

1 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyse how socio-demographic variables affect values related to family and work in young people between the ages of 18 and 35 in Germany, Norway and Spain.
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyse how socio-demographic variables affect values related to family and work in young people between the ages of 18 and 35 in Germany, Norway and Spain - countries with different family models and gender roles. Thus, the study aims to fill the gap in the literature on family and gender values among young people, while endeavouring to go beyond the dualistic theoretical perspective. The study is based on data from the European Social Survey for 2010, which contains variables relating to attitudes and values related to family and work-life balance. A logistical regression analysis is applied on the basis of this analytical model to determine the influence of socio-demographic variables such as education, employment situation or gender on young people’s family preferences, in a comparative approach. The results show that traditional family values are more deeply ingrained in young people in southern Europe, when compared with northern Europe. We have also observed a significant effect of education on values in countries where traditional family values are more deeply rooted, whereas being unemployed has the opposite effect. These findings bring innovative progress to youth and family studies from a comparative perspective. The findings are useful for designing family policies that favour a transition in attitudes, with potential positive long-term effects on fertility and gender equality.

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TL;DR: In this paper, it is argued that in order to avoid these flaws, it is more appropriate to conceive populism as a modest discursive frame rather than as an ideology that represents a threat to liberal democracy.
Abstract: This book review offers a critical assessment of three recent contributions to the debate on populism: What is Populism? by J. W. Muller, The Populist Explosion by J. B. Judis and Populism: A Brief Introduction by C. Mudde and C. Rovira Kaltwasser. The three works depart from different approaches, thus offering an appropriate picture for their joint discussion around the conceptual problems and the ideological biases connected to the uses of the term “populism”. It is argued that in order to avoid these flaws, it is more appropriate to conceive populism as a modest discursive frame rather than as an ideology that represents a threat to liberal democracy.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored how parents' sporting activity mediates the effect of social class on an individual's sport participation and found that having physically active parents increased the probability of participating in sports.
Abstract: This article explores how parents’ sporting activity mediates the effect of social class on an individual’s sport participation. Drawing on the four Surveys of Sports Habits in Spain conducted by the CIS, the results confirm existing empirical evidence suggesting that belonging to a higher social class and having had physically active parents (either in the present or in the past) increases the probability of participating in sports. However, the analysis reveals that the positive effect of having parents who take part in sports currently is, under equal conditions, much stronger among social classes that are not at the top of the social structure. These findings show the equalizing effect of having physically active parents, so that the differences between the high professional class and the rest disappear, or even reverse, when it comes to participating in sport at least three times a week.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a procedure for analyzing discursive positions as described from the Sociological Analysis of the Social-Hermeneutic Discourse, and verified that the positions are a powerful analysis object to elucidate the enunciative plurality of all discourse and the relations with its different social ties.
Abstract: The article developed the procedure for analyzing discursive positions as described from the Sociological Analysis of the Social-Hermeneutic Discourse. Starting from the need for greater systematization of the analytical operations that guide the sociological analysis of discourse, a proposal for theoretical and methodological conception is developed. The notion of context and its role in the analysis of discursive positions are approached, as well as the conceptualization of parameters through the notion of language use. Finally, with the support of polyphonic theories of language, a model of operational analysis of discursive positions with methodological validity for empirical research is proposed. We verified that the discursive positions are a powerful analysis object to elucidate the enunciative plurality of all discourse and the relations with its different social ties.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors defend the idea that data linkage is a crucial element for the advancement of quantitative social research and argue that, with due methodological controls, data linkage can be used for the development of qualitative research.
Abstract: For the design of the 2021 Spanish Census, traditional data collection methods involving sending questionnaires to the whole population have been replaced by the combination of administrative data linkage, big data and an ad-hoc survey. Beyond the design of new census, administrative data linkage and integration of other non-administrative data sources are becoming more and more relevant in countries with advanced statistical systems. Reactions to these changes among producers and users of official statistics in Spain are addressed and assessed in this paper. The idea is defended that, with due methodological controls, data linkage is a crucial element for the advancement of quantitative social research.

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TL;DR: In this article, a muestra compuesta by 1.007 personas (51,1 % mujeres and 48,9 % hombres; M = 45,37 anos).
Abstract: Los mitos sobre la violencia de genero favorecen la persistencia del maltrato al actuar como elementos justificativos de las agresiones. El presente trabajo contribuye a la escasa evidencia acumulada al emplear un analisis de clases latentes (ACL) para estudiar tipologias de personas basadas en la adhesion a diez mitos y creencias sobre la violencia de genero y examinar las caracteristicas que definen a cada una de las clases. Para ello, se conto con una muestra compuesta por 1.007 personas (51,1 % mujeres y 48,9 % hombres; M = 45,37 anos). Los resultados muestran un patron de tres clases latentes: adhesion baja (n = 663; 65,8 %), adhesion moderada (n = 113; 11,2 %) y adhesion alta (n = 231; 22,9 %). Los grupos presentan diferencias cuantitativas y cualitativas en su composicion y la pertenencia a las clases con mayor aceptacion de mitos se relaciona con actitudes mas sexistas.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the use of aggregate administrative data at municipality level to adjust estimates from two web panel surveys promoted by the Spanish Association for Media Research (AIMC) was tested.
Abstract: In the last two decades survey research has faced two main challenges: the spread of online research using non-probability samples and the general drop of response rates. In this scenario complex adjustments are needed to preserve the inference process. These adjustments require auxiliary information, this is variables available for the whole population. In this paper I test the use of aggregate administrative data at municipality level to adjust estimates from two web panel surveys promoted by the Spanish Association for Media Research (AIMC). Results show that the administrative variables are unable of tackling the bias of the survey estimates.

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TL;DR: For the 2021 census round, the traditional population census in Spain will be replaced by one based on links between population records and administrative registered data, coupled with big data and an ad hoc survey as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: For the 2021 census round, the traditional population census in Spain will be replaced by one based on links between population records and administrative registered data, coupled with big data and an ad hoc survey. In order to raise the debate in this regard, 30 in-depth interviews have been conducted with producers –National Statistic Institute and regional Institutes-, and users of census data from three academic disciplines - Sociology, Demography and Geography. The opinions, reflections, criticisms, and suggestions obtained have been organized in three different sections: methodological, epistemological and political, the latter referring to the inclusion of the big data generated by private companies. The conclusions include recommendations on the production process and evaluation of the census, as well as on the requirements for researchers in front of a new method of construction of the population census.

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TL;DR: The Spanish census of 2011 and its development facing 2021 updating, call for an attentive debate on all the implications (methodological, epistemological and political) of a far-reaching transformation.
Abstract: Changes introduced in the Spanish census in 2011 and its development facing 2021 updating, call for an attentive debate on all the implications (“methodological, epistemological and political”) of a far-reaching transformation. In fact, this debate is largely pending. Moreover, given the progress of INE’s work, debate will have a long path to go once the results will be published. One of the questions that arise is whether the “operation” to come announces information with comparable levels of detail and quality to those now classified as “traditional censuses”. Another is whether the promises of better use of administrative records and technological resources for public statistics purposes irremediably make superfluous a public production, of slow renewal, but with a vocation for completeness, homogeneity, simultaneity and continuity: the one we have known as the census of the population.