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SpotlightRead MoreInstitutions shape, constrain, and influence our social lives, making it possible for behavior to be stable, recurrent, repetitive, and patterned in many areas of our private and public lives: family and kinship institutions, educational, economic, political, cultural, and stratification institutions. Now, to speak of institutional design is to speak of an intentional social change, which is challenged by different models of social transformation: accident, evolution, and intention.
Since the end of the last century, Robert E. Goodin has promoted academic and interdisciplinary study... -
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SpotlightRead MoreThe study of the psychological development of individuals can provide us with a comprehensive understanding of their behavior, as it allows us to see the origin, formation, and transformation of both their psychological structure and functioning. It also offers explanations for why certain behaviors occur and not others in specific circumstances and also gives us a basis for grounding some predictions about them. All of the above would not be possible if we were limited to the description and explanation of discrete behaviors, disregarding the process in which they acquire full...
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SpotlightRead MoreOn the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the University, the Editorial Department decided to join in the commemorative activities by launching an open call for applications, the purpose of which was to gather a select sample of the fruits that the institution has produced. In the first instance, the call allowed anyone to nominate the graduates they considered exemplary for their life history, their achievements, the importance of their activities and the awards they have received. Of the many proposals received, a committee composed of specialists from very diverse areas made a...
