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Cultural Anthropology, Volume 38, Issue 4, Page 541-566, November 2023., 2023 ABSTRACT Activism in favor of non‐human animals is on the rise throughout Mexico despite ongoing and episodic violence. Activists, also known as animalistas, represent themselves as the “voice” of non‐human animals as they seek rights and well‐being for animals.
IVÁN SANDOVAL‐CERVANTES
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The disinheritance of a firstborn son accustomed to the privileges of exclusion has for centuries been a dramatic event for families, especially if the decision was taken by a woman, the son's own mother. Very few dared to do so, because it symbolised a break with the notion of virtuous, compassionate motherhood; it represented a failure to be
Mariela Fargas Peñarrocha
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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Sustained long‐distance trade in the early modern era necessitated institutional mechanisms capable of solving three interrelated challenges: the need to mobilize an unprecedented volume of capital and to lock it in for long periods of time, ways of mitigating the principal–agent problem across continents, and methods to internalize and ...
Juan José Rivas Moreno
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A cross‐country analysis and comparison of the technical efficiency of higher education systems
International Transactions in Operational Research, Volume 32, Issue 6, Page 3965-4007, November 2025.Abstract The study of the performance of primary and secondary educational institutions has gained popularity in recent years, but cross‐country evaluations of higher education (HE) systems remain rare. This study aims to fill this gap by assessing the technical efficiency (TE) of 87 national HE systems using stochastic production frontier models.
Julio del Corral +3 more
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Cross‐Movement Radical Housing Alliances in Argentina: For a Feminist Grammar of Tenant Organising
Antipode, Volume 57, Issue 5, Page 1995-2014, September 2025.Abstract This paper explores the intersections between tenant and feminist movements in Argentina, focusing on the collaboration between Inquilinos Agrupados and the Ni Una Menos collective. It highlights how feminist–tenant alliances have created new feminist grammars in tenant organising through forms of solidarity and feminist pedagogies.
Ana Vilenica
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Digital medication and patients' right of autonomy in Spain
Bioethics, Volume 39, Issue 5, Page 482-491, June 2025.Abstract The progress the Internet has experienced in recent years has brought about huge changes and social transformation in all aspects of our lives. One such aspect greatly impacted has been our health, where we can talk about the existence of an ‘Internet of Medical Things’.
Salvador Pérez Álvarez
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Rewilding through inappropriate species introduction: The case of European bison in Spain
Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 6, Issue 12, December 2024.The increasing pressure to release bisons as a wild species in Spain, as an ecological analogue of the extinct steppe bison Bison priscus, makes it an excellent example to reflect on whether the rewilding of Europe would be, or not, biogeographically advisable. We scrutiny this proposal taking into account the best available evidence on the species, in
Carlos Nores +39 more
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The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 29, Issue 4, Page 352-363, December 2024.Abstract This paper explores selective aspects of the historical processes of organization of the kichwa peasantry in the Andes of Ecuador. Based on the analysis of two representative cases of confrontation between peasants and landowners over access to land in the province of Chimborazo, it discusses the relevance of the concept of “gamonalismo” as ...
Víctor Bretón
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Ratio Juris, Volume 37, Issue 4, Page 293-313, December 2024.Abstract This article examines the application of the ought‐implies‐can principle in the legal domain, especially in the relationship between obligations and responsibility. It addresses the challenge of cases in which an agent cannot do what is required of her, and yet it seems plausible to say that she has an obligation. To deal with these cases, two
Sebastián Figueroa Rubio
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The role of energy communities for thermal networks: An EU legal perspective
Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 494-506, November 2024.Abstract Decarbonising heating and cooling systems, significant contributors to the EU's (European Union) energy consumption, is a complex and urgent matter. This article discusses the potential coupling of energy communities and district heating and cooling systems, particularly fourth‐ and fifth‐generation models, in the local energy transition.
Endrius Cocciolo
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