1.2. Public policy, Political Economy, Economic Sociology

1.2.1. Energy, environment, and Water Policy studies

 

Attitudes and opinions of the Spanish public towards energy and environment

 

Energy and Society: attitudes of the Spaniards to the energy and environmental problems. ASP book 2008b.

 

Young people’s attitudes towards energy consumption and the environment: ASP book 2005b.

 

Politics and public discussion about energy in three European countries: France, Italy and Poland. ASP-Research Paper 61a/2006.

 

Society's responses to the current problems of energy and environment, ASP-Research Paper 78b/2008.

 

Public discussion on energetic substructures, ASP-Research Paper 79a/2008.

 

Nuclear energy and public opinion in Spain, ASP-Research Paper 80a/2008.

 

Water Policy

 

Water policy, politics and the economy in Spain: A comprehensive study of the economic, technical, jurisdictional and political dimensions of water policy, awarded with the Círculo de Empresarios Prize in 1995. ASP book 1996 and ASP-Research Paper 9a/1995.

 

Systems of local administration of water policy: Administration of the urban water cycle and environmental technologies with a view at sustainable development. A study carried out in collaboration with other European research institutes (in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain), coordinated by Prof. Thierry Prost, of the Institut National du Génie Urbain in Lyon, and sponsored by the European Commission (1996-1998).

 

Water Policy and Agriculture: Sectoral policies and use of water in agriculture in Mediterranean countries. In collaboration with other international research institutes (Portugal, Israel, Turkey, Egypt, France, Italy and Spain), coordinated by Adeline Kroll, of the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies in Seville, and sponsored by the European Commission (1998-2001).

 

Other problems related to environment, risk attitudes and public health

 

The general situation of environmental problems in Spain: The situation, in the mid-1990s, of the major problems in atmospheric, noise and solid waste pollution (1995). ASP-Research Paper 8a/1995.

 

Attitudes of the Spanish public to environmental problems: A secondary analysis of surveys carried out over the last ten years (1996). ASP-Research Paper 12a/1995.

 

Forest fires in Spain: An overview of policies and public attitudes (1996). ASP-Research Paper  14a/1996.

 

Attitudes of the Spanish public to risks: analysis of a survey carried out in 1999.

 

Doctors, civil servants and patients: the quality of the public health (published in Víctor Pérez-Díaz, El retorno de la sociedad civil, Madrid, Instituto de Estudios Económicos, 1987, pp. 325-351).

 

1.2.2. Regional and local studies

 

On Galicia:

 

A series of studies on Galice’s youngsters and entrepreneurs, economic prospects and the new economy, and the third sector (sponsored by La Caixa Galicia Foundation, from 1998 on).

 

Education in Galicia: Based on two survey among youngsters and employers on levels of education and of training for the job (sponsor, La Caixa Galicia Foundation). ASP-Research Papers 14a/1998 and 24a/1998.

 

The entrepreneurial fabric of Galicia An analysis of various entrepreneurial experiences that have been successful in different sectors of the Galician economy in the last ten years. ASP-Research Paper  21a/1998.

 

The prospects of economic and social development in Galicia: Long-term prospects for Galicia in the light of the experiences of other European regions, and based on survey data. ASP-Research Paper  38a/2000.

 

The third sector of Galicia. ASP book 2005c.

 

On the Basque country:

 

A general overview of long term trends in the Basque Country (1998).

 

On Andalusia:

 

Diagnosis on the social situation of Almeria . Work in progress

 

1.2.3. Corporate governance

 

Corporate governance in Spain: Advisory work at two Government Commissions on Corporate Governance, the Olivencia Commissions (1999-2001), and the Aldama Commission (2002). ASP-Research Paper 28a/1999.

 

Two surveys conducted among a strategic sample of experts and a statistical sample of shareholders on their attitudes towards corporate governance (2000-2001).

 

Corporate governance in the Spanish banking sector : see 1.2.4. Financial institutions.

 

1.2.4. Financial institutions

 

Corporate governance in the banking system. ASP-Research Paper  15a/1996.

 

The public’s image of the savings banks, in Spain: A survey (sponsor, Funcas Foundation) (1996).

 

Human resources and personnel policies in the Spanish banking sector: An analysis of human resource policies and labor relations in the Spain of the 1980s and early 1990s (1996, 1997). ASP-Research Paper 16a/1997.

 

The incorporation of information technologies in Spain and their effects on financial institutions. A national survey on the public’s use of information technologies in their relation to financial institutions (1999).

 

1.2.5. The New Economy and the Information Society

 

Public opinion and electronic commerce and, in general, the development of the electronic economy in Spain and other countries: Three surveys among ‘internauts’ in Spain, France, Italy and Portugal (1999-2001). 

 

The spread of information technology in Spain and The public debate on the relationship between the new technologies and the new economy in Spain. A prospective analysis of changes induced by the new information technologies.  ASP-Research Paper  26a/1999.

 

Other studies on the new economy: See 1.2.2. Regional and local studies and 1.2.4. Financial Institutions.

 

Adolescents and the new technologies of information and communication. ASP book 2008a .

 

1.2.6. Human resources and employment policies

 

Human resources and employment policies in Spain: An analysis of changes over a thirty-year period in Spain (part of a comparative study coordinated by Professors Thomas Kochan, Michael Piore and Richard Locke of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (1994). ASP-Research Papers 2a/1994 and 2b/1994.

 

Employment policies in Spain: A study on the “soft side” of those policies (vocational training, collective bargaining patterns and corporate culture) (1995). ASP-Research Paper 11a/1995 and 18b/1998.

 

1.2.7. Opinion surveys on consumption, risk and economic policies

 

Consumer attitudes in Spain: Three studies (including two on consumers’ responses to varieties of retail trading practices) (2000, 2001, 2002).

 

Class and consumer attitudes: Based on the Nielsen surveys. (2002/3). ASP book 2003c

 

Public attitudes towards economic and environmental risk: A survey (1998).

 

Public attitudes to the euro: A series of three surveys (1996-2000).

 

Public attitudes to an array of economic policies: A series of surveys over a three years period (1998-2000).