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The generation of scientific knowledge now responds to a primordially collaborative schema that gradually transitions from the institutional to the international. Social Sciences and Humanities in Latin America have joined this trend, however, their international collaboration has been oriented toward an asymmetric schema in terms of inclusion: only one sector of countries has joined, while another significant group remains isolated; participation: interactions are concentrated by countries with more written science; and integration: it tends to a north-south type of collaboration. The analysis of Latin American international scientific dialogue considers the period of 2005-2015 and it is used redalyc. org database for its representation in the disciplinary and regional, starting from a universe of 10,332 interactions among researchers in the region. It is concluded that these trends of international collaboration are emerging as effects of the current system of communication and evaluation of science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper compares the commuicative definitions of “the social” proposed by Niklas Luhmann and Jürgen Habermas from a systematic perspective. From the results reached, the reciprocal receptions between the authors are discussed and a renewed theoretical interpretation of divergences and convergences is proposed. The hypothesis of the work states that Habermas and Luhmann, based in the concept of communication, converge in a radically dyadic and multi-leveled conception of the sociological analytical unit, however they diverge in its analytical segmentation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El artículo describe y analiza críticamente los pasos principales en la elaboración de proyectos sociales, vistos como herramientas de gestión colectiva en la solución de problemas de interés general. Especialmente se enfatizan implicaciones de la implementación y valoración de los impactos de los proyectos sociales en el ámbito rural, donde persisten escenarios de pobreza y marginación. Por otro lado, se plantea la necesidad de analizar de manera integral la formulación y desarrollo de los proyectos, en donde se debe poner especial énfasis en la inclusión participativa de los actores involucrados, así como una mayor confianza y legitimidad a las acciones de combate a la pobreza o de promoción del desarrollo. Asimismo, el texto sugiere pautas y recomendaciones en el proceso de gestión de proyectos sociales, que pueden ser útiles para gestores, técnicos de campo, promotores comunitarios, entre otros agentes dinamizadores de los territorios rurales. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the central role of cultural distances in social sciences, literature is surprisingly scarce in quantitatively measuring and graphically representing this concept in Latin America. This study addresses this issue calculating a cultural distance index using the nine cultural dimensions measured by House et al. (2004) for ten Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Venezuela. Also, this study graphically presents the cultural distances calculated. The relevance of this study is the ability to incorporate cultural indicators that allow comparing the current situation and prospects in Latin America. In order to illustrate the implications of this study, the case of cultural distances of Mexico with other nine Latin American countries is analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Gender studies in social sciences are influenced, in various manners and with diverse consequences as well, by the different perspectives of feminist theory. The traditional classification alludes to four tendencies of the feminist theory; nowadays however, the tendency of the postmodern, the difference and queer theories have been incorporated. These are the agglutinating theoretical proposals among the multiplicity of tendencies we can find at present. This work carries out a theoretical revision on these proposals in order to analyze which aspects develop each one of them in relation to their contribution to the educational system. It is concluded that these proposals have to be analyzed as allies, not as opposed, for the objective of all of them is to find various solutions to different problems in the educational sphere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]