This thesis studied the experiences and discourses of women who, breaking all expectations about their class and social status, have achieved to occupy some of the most important and representative offices of Colombian politics. It also wanted to show them as actors,...
In Western societies, fragility fractures are increasing in absolute numbers and are associated with the increase in life expectancy. The WHO published in 2008 a tool to properly identify the population’s increased risk of fragility fracture and prioritise...
Derecha de Cataluña was the party representing the monarchists in favour of King Alfonso XIII during the Second Spanish...
Can we characterise the European Union as a regional security complex in relation to the threats of Islamic terrorism and weapons of mass destruction? This is the main question of a doctoral thesis which has analysed the strategic and security...
Water resources in coastal cities support many tensions due to phenomena such as the acceleration of urbanisation, population growth and tourism. This thesis presents new lines of research and strategies to improve urban water policies linked to the tourism sector, with frames to analyse...
Criticism of the journalistic practices related to the audiovisual representation of migration led to the creation of ethical recommendations and entities such as the Mesa per a la Diversitat en l’Audiovisual to regulate...
This doctoral thesis examines the existence of a series of activities that sought to sound out the inner side of prisoners of the Model Prison of Barcelona with the aim of correcting the thinking and behaviour of inmates. Analysis of the registry of...
With the arrival of people from other parts of the Spanish state, the towns of Badalona, Santa Coloma de Gramenet and Sant Adrià de Besòs underwent a large population growth starting in the 1940s. The fight against substandard housing and lack of...
A sedentary lifestyle could be considered one of the great epidemics of the century. In the past 100 years, technological advances and socioeconomic development have shaped society, eliminating much of the...
When we talk about Chinese fascism we refer to the Blue Shirts or the Society of Rigorous Practice of the Three Principles of the People. But there was another, less known organization, the New Life Movement, a mass-fascist platform based on attracting, mentoring and controlling the...
