https://hdl.handle.net/2072/478797 2026-04-04T10:40:28Z https://hdl.handle.net/2445/228471 Encuesta sobre derechos y nuevas realidades Queralt Jiménez, Argelia Encuesta en el número monográfico dedicado a derechos y nuevas realidades 2026-03-24T14:23:04Z https://hdl.handle.net/2445/228384 Policymaking in Times of Crisis Baumgartner, Frank R.; Chaqués Bonafont, Laura Governments consistently deal with crises, but some are larger than others, some are endogenously created, and some are exogenously imposed. This article introduces a Special Issue of the Journal in which 14 sets of contributors assess various elements of policymaking in times of crisis. We divide the contributions into those assessing public opinion responsiveness, institutional design and response, and identity-politics. As crises appear to be increasingly common, we assess their impacts on the policy process, concluding that no understanding of policymaking in general can be complete if it does not apply to policymaking in times of crisis. 2026-03-20T18:46:12Z https://hdl.handle.net/2445/227724 Using access to higher education to redress inequities: tensions between equity and excellence in the polytechnic universities in Mexico. González Motos, Sheila; Didou Aupetit, Sylvie Despite the expansion of higher education and the growing number of students from disadvantaged socioeconomic background and/or from ethnic minorities who now access university places, inequalities in access to higher education based on social class and origin remain a challenge. This article analyses the Polytechnic Universities in Mexico, examining them as a public policy for democratising access to higher education. Given the scarcity of research in this area, we conducted 15 semi-structured interviews with the rectors and heads of the academic administration staff of 12 Polytechnic Universities, aiming to identify the limits and potential of the various strategies that make the PU model a policy of equity. These strategies include (i) the geographical decentralization of university campuses, (ii) the scholarships and financial aid programmes, and (iii) the recruitment campaigns to attract new students. The interviews enable us to uncover the trade-off between equity and excellence and to observe how the PU model addresses it. While some of the responses and effects have already been examined in the literature, others highlight some nuanced specificities in the context of PUs in Mexico, forcing us to reflect on the grey areas of each strategy. Our results provide evidence that suggests a need to reconsider the most effective equity PUs strategies for enhancing access to higher education for disadvantaged populations in Mexico. 2026-03-02T10:33:31Z https://hdl.handle.net/2445/227468 Edoardo Guaschino: Regulators as Agenda-Setters: How National Agencies Shape Public Issues Palau Roqué, Anna M. Recensión del libro de Edoardo Guaschino, Regulators as Agenda-Setters: How National Agencies Shape Public Issues, Routledge, 2022, 176 pp. 2026-02-25T17:46:57Z