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Madrid, Friday, February 3, 2012. On Monday , February 6 , at 12:30 p.m. , the Barometer for the month of January will be available to all media on the website of the Center for Sociological Research (www.cis.es). . This study contains the usual fixed questions of the so-called political barometers: evaluation of leaders, voting intention, etc. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, Thursday, February 2, 2012. Tomorrow, Friday, February 3 , at 9:00 a.m. , the ICC (Confidence Indicator) will be available to all media on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es). of the Consumer). The ICC collects monthly the assessment of the recent evolution and expectations of Spanish consumers related to the family economy and employment, with the aim of anticipating their consumption decisions. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, Wednesday, January 4, 2012. Tomorrow, Thursday, January 5 , at 12:30 p.m. , the Barometer of the month will be available to all media on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es). from December. This study contains the usual fixed questions of the monthly barometers, as well as a variable part in which the opinion of Spaniards about the economic crisis and satisfaction with their lives is collected. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, Monday, January 2, 2012. Tomorrow, Tuesday, January 3 , at 9:00 a.m. , the ICC (Confidence Indicator) will be available to all media on the website of the Center for Sociological Research (www.cis.es). of the Consumer). The ICC collects monthly the assessment of the recent evolution and expectations of Spanish consumers related to the family economy and employment, with the aim of anticipating their consumption decisions. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Tender launched to carry out the monthly telephone survey (field work and data processing) needed to produce the CIS Consumer Confidence Indicator (CCI-CIS). Technical specifications for bids Administrative terms and conditions Annexes

Madrid, December 14, 2011 - The CIS (Center for Sociological Research) will gather at the Parador de Segovia, from December 15 to 16 , representatives of public entities dedicated to social research to share aspects related to the organization, operation and techniques in survey research. Representatives and technicians from the CEO (Centre d´Estudis d´Opinió), Sociological Prospecting Office of the Basque Government, IESA-CSIC Córdoba (Institute of Advanced Social Studies), ICPS (Institut de Ciencies Politiques de Barcelona), CAPDEA (Center for Analysis and Political and Electoral Documentation of Andalusia, University of Granada), CEMOP (Center for Murcian Opinion Studies, University of Murcia), Euskobarómetro (University of the Basque Country) and the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Santiago de Compostela . This V Meeting is the continuation of a collaboration and scientific-technical exchange that began in 2006 in Palma de Mallorca and which has given rise to annual meetings in Córdoba, Barcelona and Segovia in successive years. Sharing technical aspects of conducting surveys and quality controls in the different research processes will be the priority objective of the conference.

Madrid, Friday, December 2, 2011. Next Monday , December 5 , at 9:00 a.m. , on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es) the ICC (Confidence Indicator of the Consumer). This is the first time that the CIS has prepared this study, with the same methodology and rigor with which the ICO had been carrying it out since 2004. The ICC collects a monthly assessment of the recent evolution and expectations of Spanish consumers related to the family economy. and employment, with the aim of anticipating their consumption decisions. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 7625.

It is the largest collection of reflections on the work of a classical scholar of social conflict. The CIS presented "About Tilly: conflict, power and collective action", a timely analysis of collective action and popular uprisings. The event took place on Tuesday, 29 November, at 7:00 pm in the Professional Association of Political Scientists and Sociologists of Madrid. It was attended by CIS Chairman Ramón Ramos, the book's editor, Maria Jesús Funes, and professors Manuel Pérez Ledesma and Alfonso Pérez-Agote, as well as the Dean of the National Association of Political Scientists and Sociologists, Miguel Ángel Ruíz de Azúa. Research by Charles Tilly (1929-2008), essential author for understanding political struggle and social conflict, shows how social bases organised in various forms of collective action can influence and condition the course of history. His studies on revolutions, the formation and evolution of states and his theory of collective action are focused on his greatest concern: the defence of citizens' rights and the search for political systems that are attentive to the living conditions of the weakest members of society. This work of the American sociologist, historian and political scientist has the largest collection of reflections on his work published to date. Each chapter analyses his texts, theories and methodological designs, with some including case studies. This book helps to understand a time marked by intense popular movements, some with very important consequences, such as the protests that spread in 2011 from Tunisia to Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Syria, etc., the "Arab Spring" and other demonstrations in the democratic West demanding more attention to citizens' demands, such as the May 15 Movement (15M) in Spain, which was replicated in other countries, the protests in Greece, the United Kingdom, etc.

Madrid, Wednesday, November 30, 2011. Tomorrow, Thursday, December 1, at 12:00 p.m., the barometer for the month of November will be available to all media on the website of the Center for Sociological Research (www.cis.es). This study contains the usual fixed questions of the monthly barometers, as well as a variable part in which the opinion of Spaniards on the ETA statement and its implications is collected. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 7625.