Kerman Calvo Borobia

University of Salamanca ·  Department of Sociology and Communication

El artículo estudia las políticas públicas hacia las uniones homosexuales en Europa. Se propone un acercamiento basado en la idea del reconocimiento, concepto de sólido prestigio en la literatura sobre minorías y derechos civiles. Como mecanismo de evaluación, este artículo presenta al reconocimiento como un «test» que exige la satisfacción de una...

This book offers a systematic exploration of the role of religion and religiosity in electoral politics in Catholic, Protestant, and religiously mixed countries across Western Europe and in the United States. The chapters approach the relationship between religion, religiosity, and electoral behaviour from a variety of different angles. They includ...

El artículo sostiene que las familias españolas han cambiado poco porque muchas mujeres no son verdaderamente ciudadanas. El análisis se basa en un examen de la igualdad de la formulación de políticas de género, para analizar las intersecciones entre las estrategias familiares, el empoderamiento de las mujeres y el cambio familiar. Se adopta un ace...

This introduction provides a framework for this special issue on sexualities and social change in Spain. Together with the presentation of the basic arguments of the issue, the article defends an understanding of sexual change as an efficient way to identify broad patterns of social change and transformation.

In this article we centre the attention on LGBT organizations in Spain. We discuss the emergence, evolution and claims of this social movement. The political associations and groups that advocate lesbian, gay and transsexual rights are presented as the voice of sexual communities and peoples. Accordingly, they are treated as a key social and politi...

análisis del efecto de la Ley de igualdad en la representación electoral, parlamentaria y en el comportamiento electoral de las mujeres en las elecciones generales de 2008 Doctor en Sociología por la Universidad de Essex, y doctor miembro del Instituto Juan March, Madrid. Es en la actualidad investigador contratado "García Pelayo" en el Centro de E...

El artículo estudia las políticas públicas hacia las uniones homosexuales en Europa. Se propone un acercamiento basado en la idea del reconocimiento, concepto de sólido prestigio en la literatura sobre minorías y derechos civiles. Como mecanismo de evaluación, este artículo presenta al reconocimiento como un "test" que exige la satisfacción de una...

The legalisation of same-sex marriages in Spain is the consequence of significant changes in the preferences of the PSOE, that are linked with shifting electoral results and, also, with significant changes in the political and institutional environment of this political party. Legal change, however, was also made possible by the strategies of a soc...

The paper focuses on public policy making for homosexual unions in Europe. It addresses these policies from the perspective of recognition, a concept drawn on the literature on civil rights and minorities. As a criterion for evaluation, the test of recognition demands the satisfaction of a twofold condition: firstly, democracies must be prepared to...

This article explores the relationship between religiosity and voting decisions in Spain and Portugal. We study whether religion (measured as church attendance and opinions about moral issues) influences voting for the two main political parties. Results show a different relationship between religion and voting in both countries: only in Spain reli...

This article explores the relationship between religiosity and voting decisions in Spain and Portugal. We study whether religion (measured as church attendance and opinions about moral issues) influences voting for the two main political parties. Results show a different relationship between religion and voting in both countries: only in Spain reli...

This article examines the Spanish gay and lesbian movement, and discusses its role in the legalization of same-sex marriages. The main focus is on the interplay between gay and lesbian rights organizations and leftist political parties during a time span that goes back to the late 1970s. In order to shed new light on the links between protest, inte...

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El artículo analiza el impacto de la religiosidad en el voto en las elecciones generalesde marzo de 2000. Medida como tasa de asistencia a misa, la religiosidad resulta seruna variable significativa para la explicación del comportamiento electoral en estos comicios.Este resultado contrasta con estudios previos, que apuntaban al progresivo declivede...