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The objective of this paper is to analyze, from an inclusive epidemiological approach, the problem of current violence in our country and in Morelos, as a relational and multi-causal phenomenon that results in damage and death that are avoidable, processes that configure spaces of pain and suffering. From the analysis of two life narratives, official statistical data, journalistic notes and academic articles, some causes and effects associated with violence are identified, which have been made invisible and unattended by the authorities, evidencing the absence of effective public policies for solving this problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main objective of this paper is to point out how and why the same anti-democratic stance appears in different neo-populist, neo-liberal, or neo-conservative contexts. To do this, we enquire in what sense and why "neo-populism" is not democratic, what is "neo-populism," whether it is identical to "anti-politics," what is the meaning of anti-politics, and how it relates to neo-populism. Considering the defining elements of modern democracy, that is, what the term "democratic" means today, and why populist democracy is authoritarian, we clarify the causes for the overlap between neo-populism and anti-politics. By establishing the accurate meaning of these terms, we can define the specificity of the new populism, and consider the gravity of the challenges that anti-politics presents to democracy, as well as to the set of public policies required for human emancipation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to analyze the programs and social development actions that have been applied in Mexico during the period 2009 to 2016 with the purpose of comparing the number of programs and the level of existing linkage with the target population. It was identified that there is a decoupling of public policies aimed at social development, mainly on the issue of exclusion, inequity, approach, and some programs do not have the targeting of their target population. Family agriculture should be considered as the axis for the articulation of public policies and should be inclusive of all types of family farmers that exist in the Mexican countryside. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses some ideas of what the ethics of public servants should be, and contrasts the objectives and strategies outlined in the National Program to Combat Corruption by the federal government (Mexico, 2000-2006) with the objectives achieved at the end the administration and the place of Mexico in perceptions of corruption. The paper suggests that ethical development of public servants should be understood as a political issue, where the individual’s interest ought to be tuned to the institution he works for. The optimal functioning of the institution should thus be seen as a personal benefit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a conceptual reflection on the notion of the political and its possibilities to rethink the public policies discourse. Public policies have been integrated into a particular democratic discourse that, while defending social development, has deactivated certain forms of social politics and, along with other political processes, have called into question the relevance of dissent, favoring the consensus and a managerial approach to public problems. It is important to remember that in democracy there is not only policy and politics, but also the political, which is a referent to think about the processes of political reactivation that can be expressed as disagreement, conflict or antagonism. The political can serve to rethink the predominant approach to public policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Contemporary theories of representation are unanimous about the relational nature of representation. However, relational understandings of representation do not necessarily accept the latter is constituted by a duality. This paper argues that relational but not dual theories of representation tend to be flawed in two ways: they present normative deficits and thus are unable to evaluate representation; and when they do so, it is at the expenses of introducing analytical inconsistencies. To support such argument, a demanding analytical strategy is adopted: examining Pitkin's famous paradox transformation in order to show both normative deficits and analytical inconsistencies in her classic The Concept of Representation, which is deemed as pioneering work in putting forward a dual definition of representation. I claim that dual understanding of democratic representation implies that the latter is constituted by am irreducible tension between two agents-represented/representative-, which turns representation inescapable ambivalent and agonistic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The incorporation of the notion of interculturality since the 90's in the state context has involved a new position of the State-nation towards indigenous people. Since then, the concept of interculturality —that became central within recognition policy— has been used in the educational field and developed new discourses and practices based on a new premise: the value of the "cultural diversity". The new educational policy has recently incorporated that same premise, but this time in order to transform the neoliberal project based on the analysis of a new law in that area. The aim of this paper is to explore the discourse associated to the intercultural project in the new educational policy considering its theoretical implications and political consequences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]