University and Transitions to Democracy in Mediterranean Europe and Latin America (1970-1980). Presentation

Abstract

Universities and periods of transition to democracy form the tandem analyzed in the monograph the journal Espacio, Tiempo y Educación presented in this issue. A total of eight studies –from Spain, Greece, Portugal, Brazil and Chile– makes up a volume approaching different question (student mobilization, models of university, claims of teachers, regulatory framework...) and exploring changes, evolution or inertia experienced in some European and Latin American universities during what Huntington (1990) called the «third wave» of transition to democracy. This outline of studies aims at expanding the information available on the binomial formed by University and democratic transition, a topic rather limited investigated at present, and, above all, encouraging to develop new lines of research focused on a suggestive and critical issue to understand the history of our universities. How to reference this article González Gómez, S. (2015). Universidad y Transiciones a la Democracia en la Europa mediterránea e Iberoamérica (1970-1980). Presentación. Espacio, Tiempo y Educación, 2(2), 25-32. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14516/ete.2015.002.002.002

Keywords

• universidad
• transición
• democracia
• «tercera ola»