Economies and Societies

ECONOMIES AND SOCIETIES

 

Themes of the Collection

The Collection sets the main objective of capturing monographs and current, original works that provide an advance in the knowledge of the defined scientific fields. In this sense, special attention will be paid to the publication of monographs and the results of international Seminars and Congresses, held within or outside the university environment itself. Likewise, another of the purposes is the publication of Doctoral Theses, provided that they have obtained the maximum qualification and pass the double evaluation by peers.

On the other hand, and bearing in mind the specific weight that the most recent economic crises are acquiring in the future of today's society, preferential attention is contemplated to studies focused on these aspects, especially in the countries that lag in the development index.

 

Disciplinary areas

The Collection serves, as its title indicates, the publication of studies related to the field of Economics in its various manifestations: Theory and Economic Analysis, Applied Economics, Political Economy, Business, Marketing, Strategic Management, Economic History, Work and Growth Economic, Sectors, Innovation, Infrastructures, Reduction of inequalities, Responsible Production, and Consumption. Another important part of the series refers to the study of Societies from the perspective of Sociology, Demography, Geography, Social History, approaches to Public Policies, and Sustainable Development. The collection also encourages the production of inter and transdisciplinary perspectives.

 

Director: Juan Manuel Matés Barco

http://www.juanmanuelmatesbarco.com/

Professor of History and Economic Institutions at the University of Jaén (Spain). Graduated from the University of Zaragoza. PhD from the University of Granada. I have carried out research stays at various university centers: Università degli Studi di Firenze and at the European University Institute (Italy); at the Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux (France); City University (London), University of Alcalá (Spain), and School of Hispano-American Studies (Seville. Spain).

Coordinator of the Group of Historical Studies on the Company. Researcher at the Permanent Seminar on Water, Territory and the Environment. Director of the magazine Water and Landscape. And director of the Society and Social Sciences Collection of UJA Editorial. His research is focused on the public water supply service, the History of the Company, and has published studies on the economy of contemporary Spain.

From the point of view of internationalization, he has promoted the establishment of institutional and research relationships with various national and foreign centers. This has allowed a good number of academics from European and American universities to stay at the University of Jaén, the organization of joint seminars, and the publication of several works.

These actions have given rise to various articles in academic journals: Agenda Social; Aportes; Ayer; Empresa y Humanismo; Histoire, Économie & Société; Historia de la Economía y de la Empresa; Historia Económica & Historia de Empresas; Historia Unisinos, Historia Contemporánea; Imprese e Storia; Investigaciones de Historia Económica; Memoria e Ricerca; Revista Brasileira de História & Ciências Sociais; Revista de Historia Industrial; Storia Urbana; Transportes, Servicios y Telecomunicaciones.

As a result of the recent research of the working group, several publications of a collective nature have emerged: Empresas y Empresarios en España: De mercaderes a industriales, Pirámide. Entrepreneurship in Spain. A History, New York-London, Routledge. Los servicios públicos en España y México, Madrid, Silex. Agua y Servicios Públicos en España y México, Jaén, UJA Editorial y Universidad de Guadalajara. Historia Económica de España, Barcelona, Ariel. Business History in Spain (XIXth-XXth centuries), Bern Switzerland, Peter Lang D. Companies and Entrepreneurs in the History of Spain. Centuries Long Evolution in Business since the 15th century, Cham (Switzerland), Palgrave MacMillan.