Breves notas sobre plantas y comunidades de Gran Canaria

En este artículo se describen varias comunidades de plantas en Gran Canaria, especialmente las procedentes de playas y otros lugares de la zona SE de la isla. También se hacen comentarios sobre la presencia reciente de alguna especie hasta el momento no registrada en el territorio recorrido, como Limnoniastrum monopetalum. Se estudian algunas asociaciones nitrófilas y otras de los depósitos arenosos de la desembocadura de la rambla de Jinamar. También la expansión de alguna especie de acacias en las dunas de Maspalomas. Se da a conocer una nueva asociación cerca de la playa de San Agustín: A triplici-Amaranthetum gracilis, muy extendida por la zona estudiada.

Unraveling EU Policies: the ““Common Basic Principles”” and the ““European Integration Fund”” as a technology of government

this paper is about EU “soft policies” on immigrant integration. It analyzes the “Common Basic Principles” (CBPs) and the “European Integration Fund” (EIF), two devices that have been recently established within this framework. It adopts the theoretical perspective of the “anthropology of policy” and “governmentality studies”. It shows the context of birth of the aforementioned devices, as well as their functioning and the assessment done by the actors implied in the elaboration/implementation/evaluation of the related policies. It is based both on documentary research as well as direct observation and interviews done to the actors implied. It concludes that the PBC and the EIF should be considered as a “technology of government”, that strives to align the conduct of the actors with the governmental aims, as well as it produces specific practices and knowledge. It also underlines an intrinsic feature of many policies: their “congenital failure”, since they are (often) disputed and resignified by situated actors, who are embedded in asymmetrical power relations.