The
group iniciated its work under the research project Rational
Approaches to the theory of justice in contemporary world
coordinated in 1993 by, and the following researches and
projects developed subsequently, supervised by Bernat Riutort
from 1999.
In
accordance with this crucial moment in the development of
practical - moral, political and social - philosophy in
Spain and relationships with Ibero-America, the group regularly
participates in activities carried out by the Spanish and
Latin-American researchers collective, the Asociación
Iberoamericana de Filosofía Política (Ibero-American
Political Philosophy Association) and the Revista Internacional
de Filosofía Política (International Journal
of Political Philosophy). The group has developed its international,
teaching and researching relationships in the South American
and particularly Argentinean arena to a great extent. Result
of this work is the permanent seminar
in Iberoamerican social and political analysis. More information here.
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The
research methodology employs counterfactual, epistemological
and philosophical platforms, with contributions from the social
sciences - particularly sociology and anthropology - in general
theoretical discussion and concrete social analyses developed
through mainly local and national case studies. The starting
point is the discussion and application of theoretical frameworks
pertaining to structural changes in advanced societies - particularly
critical theory and the different post-Marxist schools - and
subjecting theoretical commitments to empirical contrast as
well as stating normative, ontological and epistemic assumptions.
By doing so, we attempt to reveal the main characteristics
of the changes underway in society - jobs, social, political,
etc.- from a critical perspective, while being aware of counterfactual
assumptions and their revisable character. Emphasis is placed
on the latest issues linked to globalisation: changes in the
workplace and in families, the explosion of gender and environmental
questions and the processes of multicultural recognition and
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The
specific research underway, Globalisation, democratic
legitimacy and sustainability, considers the problems
that changes in policy and political conceptions in a globalised
age pose for democratic legitimisation: the change in global
ecology, the consequences of complex modernity, the transformations
in the employment society and changes in welfare regimes.
This range of transformations and displacements may be sorted
into particular categories while the theoretical models
that bring us closer to societal reality, forms of collective
action and the public administration they contend with are
tested. At this time, the idea of citizenry - with its different
ecology, political, social and cultural dimensions - articulates
the research underway.
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