Álvaro Cunqueiro y la defensa de la autosuficiencia del arte. Una cala en el 'Destino' de los años sesenta

Si bien Álvaro Cunqueiro había colaborado estrechamente con el semanario Destino durante la primera posguerra, hasta la década de los sesenta no volvió a cobrar cierto protagonismo en las páginas culturales de la revista. Es entonces, aún vigentes los últimos coletazos del realismo social en la novela española, cuando Destino enarboló el ejemplo de Cunqueiro como propuesta estética alternativa. En este trabajo glosaremos cómo la obra del escritor gallego se tomó como bandera a través de textos críticos de, fundamentalmente, Guillermo Díaz-Plaja, Antonio Vilanova, Néstor Luján o Joan Perucho. Palabras clave: Álvaro Cunqueiro, Guillermo Díaz-Plaja, prensa, crítica literaria, novela española de posguerra.

Alvaro Cunqueiro, Néstor Luján y familia

El objetivo de este artículo es documentar y fechar con detalle las relaciones de Cunqueiro con intelectuales catalanes destacados en las décadas de 1950 y 1960 a partir de textos memorialísticos, noticias conservadas en las hemerotecas y testimonios del propio autor. De esta manera se puede establecer la cronología de estos contactos así como seguir la recepción de la obra y de la personalidad de Cunqueiro en la prensa catalana.

Governance mechanisms in Spanish financial intermediaries

This paper examines the governance of Spanish Banks around two main issues. First, does a poor economic performance activate those governance interventions that favor the removal of executive directors and the merger of non-performing banks? And second, does the relationship between governance intervention and economic performance vary with the ownership form of the bank? Our results show that a bad performance does activate governance mechanisms in banks, although for the case of Savings Banks intervention is confined to a merger or acquisition. Nevertheless, the distinct ownership structure of Savings Banks does not fully protect non-performing banks from disappearing. Product-market competition compensates for those weak internal governance mechanisms that result from an ownership form which gives voice to several stakeholder groups.

Efficiency and quality in local government management: the case of Spanish local authorities

This study analyses efficiency levels in Spanish local governments and their determining factors through the application of DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) methodology. It aims to find out to what extent inefficiency arises from external factors beyond the control of the entity, or on the other hand, how much it is due to inadequate management of productive resources. The results show that on the whole, there is still a wide margin within which managers could increase local government efficiency levels, although it is revealed that a great deal of inefficiency is due to exogenous factors. It is specifically found that the size of the entity, per capita tax revenue, the per capita grants or the amount of commercial activity are some of the factors determining local government inefficiency.

The Spanish cadet in the European military context a comparative analysis of the professional socialisation

Research on the attitudes, motivations and social and political behavior of European cadets have been made throughout the last decade. Nowadays Spain also joins those surveys. Thru the analysis of polling data, we can consider the different attitudes of Spanish cadets in relation with the other European ones. The conclusion is that although the Spanish political transition to democracy has not ended already in the military teaching system, there are a lot of similarities among Spanish and European cadets.

What is the european social model? an aproximation based on Spanish case

The public perception of the EU in Spain varies greatly. The most positive aspects of Spanish membership are associated with the consolidation of democracy, economic growth, the introduction of the euro, the growth in employment and structural and cohesion funds, the increase in the female participation rate, and the equal opportunities policies. The analysts are in favour of common objectives in the employment policy and multi-level government. The less positive aspects of the EU are the risks of losing social protection and loss of employment in some sectors due to mergers of multinationals and delocalization of companies towards Eastern Europe. The continuous demands for reform of the welfare state, the toughening of the conditions of access to social benefit and the reform of the labour market are also seen as problematic issues. Risks of competitive cuts and social dumping.