Vol. 3 No. 2 (2016)

“Tradiciones históricas en la formación del Estado ecuatoriano y sus incidencias en el fortalecimiento y modernización estatal del Presidente Correa” by Julio Enrique Paltán López (Ecuador) explores through an historical analysis the current government of Rafael Correa in Ecuador.  “Migration from Central America and Mexico to the United States: How Does the Movement of People Affect the Labour Market of the Sending Countries?” by Ana Figueroa (El Salvador), analyses the effects on the labour market of low skilled and high skilled workers in the context of migration from Central America and Mexico to the US, studying two different moments of the migration process, when migrants leave their country of origin and when they establish in the new one. “Environmental Licensing in Brazil: Revisiting the Borders between State and Civil Society” by Ariadne de Oliveira Santiago  (Brazil) explains the  relationship  between  state  and  society  through  the complex  interactions  between  the  state  and  social  movements.  “Conceptualizing Autonomy in Latin American Foreign Policy: Case Study of Brazil under the PT government (2003-2016)” by Igor Stipić (Hungary), explores the meaning of autonomy in international relations theory, looking into the complexities that have for peripheral countries to insert in the international sphere. “Racial democracy myth and the (non) support for race-targeted policies in Brazil: evidences  from  a  survey  list-experiment” by Nathália F. F. Porto and Robert Vidigal (Brazil), discusses the concept of racial democracy myth in Brazil, analysing collage student’s perspectives and their attitude toward racial and social quotas in the University of Brasilia and the Federal University of Minas Gerais. Finally, “From intersectionality to the feminist movement: an attempt at conceptualizing feminism as social movement” by Valéria Calvi Amaral Silva(Brazil), examines the theoretical  discussion on feminism and intersectionality.