4.1. The Public Sphere and Politics

Studies on political symbolism and on the European public sphere: see infra 2. European and International studies.

Spanish political trends between 1997 and 2000 A series of 18 national and regional surveys (in Andalusia, Galicia, Basque Country and Madrid) conducted during a three years period (1998-2000)

Public debate in Spain on social policy (pension reform, and health), environment and water policy, family, immigration, regional policy, the economy, foreign policy and education: In every public policy study, particular attention is given to the public debate, using surveys, focus groups and analysis of the public discourse.

4.2. Social Policy 

The public's attitudes to pension policies: A survey in collaboration with a network of international research coordinated by Prof. Tito Boeri, of the Università Bocconi, Milan (2000).

The future of the pensions in Spain: with Prof. José A. Herce, FEDEA Foundation (1996). ASP book 1995

Attitudes of the Spanish public to the pensions system: A report to the Ministry of Economy, based on an opinion survey of a national sample of the adult population (1997). ASP book 1997

ASP-RP 33a/2000

On health policy: Advisory work at the National Council on Health Policy (since 1996).

4.3. Environment, and Water Policy Studies

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-RP 8a/1995.

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

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

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-RP 61a/2006.

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-RP 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).