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The article is an obituary that reports on the death of Alfonso Ortí Benlloch in November 2023. Ortí was a renowned sociologist and historian in Spain for the past seventy years, standing out for his analysis of agriculture, the rural world, rural Spain, and social classes in the country. He also contributed to the study of consumption and consumer society in Spain and participated in the Critical Qualitativism School of Madrid. Although he did not receive much academic recognition, his legacy has been crucial in sociology and the social sciences. The Editorial Board of Revista Empiria expresses their sorrow for the loss of this important person in their perspective. [Extracted from the article]

The changes promoted in the dairy sector from the industrial restructuring process, which began decades ago, as well as the most recent governance systems and policies of the European Union in the matter, are fully related to the vast abandonment that a large number of dairy farms, both in Spain and Catalonia since years ago. This process is experienced in a special way by those smaller and family-type farms. Therefore, the consequences that this evolution of the sector may have in the medium and long term are not negligible from the perspective of the future of the agricultural world. For this reason, it is of great interest for the social sciences to know the socioeconomic conditions that currently characterize the evolution of dairy farms, as well as the social representations that farmers build on them. These will be the main objectives of the article. We therefore try to analyze the socio-economic conditions of the farms and the way in which they are conceived and valued by farmers, as well as exploring how they face their future. The empirical work has combined a quantitative analysis with a qualitative analysis through focus groups and interviews with dairy farmers. The results suggest the existence of fear of the end of the small family farm, as well as the disappointment of the ranchers in a crisis situation that they are not capable of reversing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The paper shows a methodological proposal carried on in a PhD research, entitled "La población inmigrante extranjera y la construcción de la diferencia. Discursos de alteridad en el sistema educativo andaluz" (Olmos Alcaraz 2009). In the text is analized the convination of Critical Discourse Analysis and Ethno-graphy, to approach the study of the 'construction of the difference' toward foreign migrant students in Spain. To do that in the paper are described the procceses of production and analysis of the data and the results obtained in the research on the methodological sphere, to claim an inter, multi and trans-disciplinary approach in Social Science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In an editorial the author notes the honorable recognition for the Spanish periodical "Educación XX1" and discusses the impact of scientific periodicals in Spain. The author discusses Spain's need to make periodicals available to the international community. Other topics include social sciences, humanities studies, and the development of technology in Spain.

The article discusses the book "Fomento de la población rural" by Fermín Caballero and the role of social science and government in his writing. It describes Caballero's agricultural contribution to the prosperity of Spain through his introduction of systemic strategies for the rural economy and rural population. Caballero's impact on the moral of the Spanish people is also discussed. It explains topics addressed in his book such as the people in his life as well as how he views the government, scientific associations, and the common people. Caballero's study of theology and its effects on his writing and work is also discussed.

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