A critical analysis on the processes of selection for vacancies of Assistant Professor in Public Andalusian Universities

La publicación del Real Decreto-ley 14/2012 de medidas urgentes de racionalización del gasto público paralizó la convocatoria de plazas de profesorado universitario. En muchas ocasiones la urgencia que lleva a reivindicar la necesidad de que se reactiven cuanto antes las promociones e incorporaciones de nuevo profesorado, hace olvidar que no basta únicamente con convocar concursos sino que éstos deben de regirse con criterios de transparencia, claridad, coherencia, justicia y objetividad. Si la aplicación de estos criterios es crucial en todos los casos, más lo es si cabe en los concursos de acceso para la adjudicación de plazas de Profesorado Ayudante Doctor/a debido puesto que suponen la puerta de entrada principal para la estabilidad contractual del profesorado en las Universidades Públicas. En esta aportación se analizan los concursos públicos para cubrir plazas de Profesorado Ayudante Doctor/a en las Universidades Públicas Andaluzas durante el periodo comprendido entre noviembre de 2014 y diciembre de 2015. El objetivo es mostrar cómo su marco regulatorio permite una enorme heterogeneidad y subjetividad en los procesos de contratación.The publication of the royal decree, law 14/2012 of urgent measures of rationalisation of public spending, paralysed the opening of vacancies for university professors. The urgency to open new promotions and incorporate new professors means it is often easy to forget that it is not enough to just open new processes of selection but that selection for vacancies should take place in a transparent, clear, coherent, just and objective manner. If applying this criteria is crucial in every case, it is even more so with respect to vacancies for Assistant Professor, given that this is the key entry point for gaining a fixed professorship in public universities. In this article we analyse the processes of selection for vacancies of Assistant Professor in public Andalusian universities during the period between November 2014 and December 2015. Our objective is to show how the legal framework allows for a huge amount of heterogeneity and subjectivity in the hiring process

Remittances in crisis: Is Moroccan development at risk?

This article reflects, in the context of the international economic crisis, on the impact of decreases in remittances on the development of Morocco. For this is explored 2008-2009 as our period of study: analyzing causes, consequences and the actions initiates by the country in this new situation. Based on an analysis of documents and official statis-tics, our study not only raises the issue of the possible depletion of the internal econom-ic dynamics in Morocco, but warning about the fragility of families receiving remittanc-es who have to face up social risk of losing the source of income that support them above the poverty line. The actions promoted by Morocco, reported in the article, are insufficient and should be reconsidered from global view, taking into account the latest economic dynamics, the practices of the diaspora and development needs. Este artículo reflexiona, en un contexto de crisis económica internacional, sobre los efectos de las disminuciones de remesas sobre el desarrollo de Marruecos. Para ello se explora en el intervalo temporal 2008-2009: las causas, las consecuencias y las medidas iniciadas por el país en esta nueva situación. A partir de un análisis documental y de datos estadísticos oficiales, nuestro estudio no sólo plantea el posible agotamiento de la dinámica económica interior de Marruecos, sino que alerta sobre la fragilidad de las familias receptoras de remesas que están ante el riesgo social de perder su fuente básica de ingresos y quedarse por debajo del umbral de la pobreza. Por lo que las medidas promovidas por Marruecos, relatadas en el artículo, son insuficientes y deben ser replan-teadas desde una visión más global, teniendo en cuenta las últimas dinámicas económi-cas, las prácticas de la diáspora y las necesidades del desarroll

Remittances in crisis: Is Moroccan development at risk?

This article reflects, in the context of the international economic crisis, on the impact of decreases in remittances on the development of Morocco. For this is explored 2008-2009 as our period of study: analyzing causes, consequences and the actions initiates by the country in this new situation. Based on an analysis of documents and official statistics, our study not only raises the issue of the possible depletion of the internal economic dynamics in Morocco, but warning about the fragility of families receiving remittances who have to face up social risk of losing the source of income that support them above the poverty line. The actions promoted by Morocco, reported in the article, are insufficient and should be reconsidered from global view, taking into account the latest economic dynamics, the practices of the diaspora and development needs.Este artículo reflexiona, en un contexto de crisis económica internacional, sobre los efectos de las disminuciones de remesas sobre el desarrollo de Marruecos. Para ello se explora en el intervalo temporal 2008-2009: las causas, las consecuencias y las medidas iniciadas por el país en esta nueva situación. A partir de un análisis documental y de datos estadísticos oficiales, nuestro estudio no sólo plantea el posible agotamiento de la dinámica económica interior de Marruecos, sino que alerta sobre la fragilidad de las familias receptoras de remesas que están ante el riesgo social de perder su fuente básica de ingresos y quedarse por debajo del umbral de la pobreza. Por lo que las medidas promovidas por Marruecos, relatadas en el artículo, son insuficientes y deben ser replanteadas desde una visión más global, teniendo en cuenta las últimas dinámicas económicas, las prácticas de la diáspora y las necesidades del desarrollo

Upregulating Positive Affectivity in the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders: A Randomized Pilot Study

Transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral therapy for emotional disorders (ED) has proven to be effective. However, current transdiagnostic treatment protocols address only the regulation of negative affectivity, and they do not include treatment components to more directly target the regulation of positive affectivity. In this study, we propose to evaluate the preliminary efficacy and acceptability of a transdiagnostic treatment protocol for ED that includes, as an innovative feature, a specific treatment component to directly upregulate positive affectivity based on positive psychology interventions. A total of 24 participants were randomized to either a transdiagnostic treatment protocol (n = 12) or a transdiagnostic treatment protocol with an additional component designed to regulate positive affectivity (n = 12). Participants completed measures of anxiety, depression, positive and negative affectivity, and quality of life, as well as treatment acceptability at pre- and posttreatment and at the 3-month follow-up. Both interventions led to improvements in all measures at posttreatment, and these outcomes were maintained at the 3-month follow-up, with large effect sizes for all measures. The effect sizes for positive affect were larger in the condition that included the component to upregulate positive affectivity. Attrition rate was low, and both treatment protocols were well accepted by participants. The results obtained in this study indicate the feasibility of testing the treatment protocol in a larger, randomized, controlled trial, and they suggest the potential of including treatment components for directly upregulating positive affectivity in future research on transdiagnostic treatment protocols for ED

Controladores digitales estocásticos

En este artículo se presenta la realización de controladores clásicos basados en el procesamiento lógico estocástico. Se aporta una descripción de las operaciones aritméticas básicas -suma, resta, multiplicación e integración. EI objetivo de esta arquitectura es proporcionar un conjunto de circuitos simples que permitan realizar estas operaciones con circuitos digitales simples. Como resultado de ello se pueden sintetizar controladores empleando dispositivos lógicos programables (FPGA). EI circuito desarrollado es aplicado a un sistema real con el uso de un convertidor analógico estocástico (ASC)

The Euro System as a Laboratory for Neoliberalism: The Case of Spain

Since the 1970s, neoliberalism has evolved from ideology to political agenda, from political program to public policy, and from public policy to a system that replaces democratic control over economic policy with a system of elite economic management. This process of change has been possible due to the endorsement of a meta-political theory that destroys democracy and legitimizes technocratic despotism, financial deregulation, the debasement of labor into a new proletariat, and the purging of constitutional politics. In this article, we analyze this profound transformation of social and legal relations in the “euro system” and, specifically, in the regressive policies that have emerged from the “crisis” in Spain, a peripheral country of the European Union. The problems in contemporary Europe are a direct consequence of the neoliberal version of European economic unity. Their solution will depend on the capacity of the member states to create a social Europe that strengthens institutional democracy and develops universal systems of social protection. This, in turn, will depend on the ability of citizens to remodel state institutions in accordance with new social goals that place life at the center

Perspectives on human and social capital theories and the role of education: an approach from Mediterranean thought.

Current discussions about education suggest that a transformative pedagogy that goes beyond the acquisition of knowledge and skills is needed. However, there is no agreement as to the inputs needed for a correct development of the educational model. In this sense, we can identify the presence of two different approaches to human and social capital which embody distinct educational worldviews. On the one hand, the ‘Marketable Human Capital’ or ‘Personal Culture’ approach, and on the other hand, the ‘Non-Marketable Human Capital’ or ‘Civic Culture’ approach. The first, which is linked to mainstream economic theory, sees education as any stock of knowledge that contributes to an improvement in the productivity of the worker and individual well-being. The second, which is rooted in the Mediterranean tradition of political thought, highlights the role of civic virtues, reciprocity, and public action within the educational process and its influence on public happiness. In this article, we analyse these connections in order to introduce the eighteenth-century Mediterranean tradition of economic thought into discussions about human and social capital theories and the role of education in them. Focusing on education through these prisms, national and international agendas must be reoriented towards the integral development of people to include broader global debates.Financial support from the Research Program of the Faculty of Economic and Business Administration at the University of Granada (UGR/2018

Crisis económicas y cambio institucional en España: de la gran depresión a la crisis de 2008

This paper discusses the economic crises in Spain, from the Great Depression to current recession. Institutional economics offers the theoretical framework for identifying and analyzing the institutions and the rules of the game that have triggered or aggravated the economic crises. This work identifies the institutional changes, caused by economic depressions, which have determined the path dependence of Spanish economy during the last century. In addition, this article analyzes in historical perspective three factors relevant for the institutional environment of the Spanish economy: the Stabilization Plan of 1959, the democratic Spanish transition and Spain joined the European Economic Community. They all have direct effects on policy-making of the country.: crises, Spain, institutional change