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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.

Madrid, Monday, November 28, 2011. Tomorrow, Tuesday , November 29 , the Public Opinion and Fiscal Policy survey will be made available to all interested parties on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es). For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 7625.

The Sociological Research Center presents the largest collection of reflections on the work of a classic student of social conflict. THE CIS PRESENTS "ABOUT TILLY: CONFLICT, POWER AND COLLECTIVE ACTION", A TIMELY ANALYSIS OF COLLECTIVE ACTION AND POPULAR REVOLUTIONS. The event will take place on November 29 , at 7:00 p.m. , at the Official College of Political Scientists and Sociologists of Madrid, and will be attended by the President of the CIS, Ramón Ramos; the editor of the book, Mª Jesús Funes, and the professors Manuel Pérez Ledesma and Alfonso Pérez-Agote, as well as the Dean of the National College of Political Scientists and Sociologists, Miguel Ángel Ruíz de Azúa. Madrid, November 28.- The research of Charles Tilly (1929-2008), an essential author for the understanding of political strife and social conflict, shows how social bases organized in various forms of collective action can influence and condition the march. of history. His studies on revolutions, the formation and evolution of States and his theory of collective action revolve around his great concern: the defense of citizen rights and the search for political systems attentive to the living conditions of the weakest. This work by the American sociologist, historian and political scientist presents the largest collection of reflections on his work published to date. Each chapter analyzes their texts, their theories and methodological designs, and some add case research. This book helps to understand a time marked by intense popular mobilizations, some with very relevant consequences, such as the protests that spread in 2011 from Tunisia to Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Syria, etc., the so-called "Arab Spring" and different mobilizations in the democratic West demanding more attention to citizen demands, such as the May 15 Movement (15M) in Spain replicated in other countries, the protests in Greece, the United Kingdom, etc.

Buy with a 5% discount It is the largest collection of reflections on the work of a classical scholar of social conflict. The CIS presents "About Tilly: conflict, power and collective action," a timely analysis of collective action and popular uprisings. The event will take place on Tuesday, 29 November, at 7:00 pm in the Professional Association of Political Scientists and Sociologists of Madrid. It will be 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.

Two new CIS publications "Local communities and political participation" and "About Tilly: conflict, power and collective action" Madrid, Wednesday, November 16, 2011. Within the Monographs collection, the CIS has published "Local communities and political participation" , an analysis of the effect of municipal features on political activism, demonstrating not only its existence, but also that participation It turns out differently depending on who we are, where we live and who we are where we live. The author, Clemente J. Navarro Yáñez, is an expert on the subject as he directs the Local Government Observatory of the Center for Andalusian Studies, and is also a professor at the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville, where he directs the Center for Sociology and Local Policies. "About Tilly. Conflict, power and collective action" is part of the Academia collection and is a tribute to the sociologist, historian and political scientist Charles Tilly (1929-2008). Tilly is an essential author for understanding political strife and social conflict. This work, edited by María Jesús Funes, presents the largest compilation of reflections on her work published to date. The book, of indisputable opportunity, facilitates the understanding of a time marked by intense popular mobilizations in the East and the West.

By agreement of the ICO (Official Credit Institute) and the CIS (Sociological Research Center), the CIS will prepare the Consumer Confidence Indicator starting in November Madrid, Wednesday November 16, 2011 - Starting this month, the Sociological Research Center (CIS) will prepare the Spanish Consumer Confidence Indicator (ICC). This indicator was designed and launched by the Official Credit Institute (ICO) in September 2004 and since then it has been in charge of its preparation and monthly publication. The agreement signed by the President of the ICO, José María Ayala Vargas, and the President of the CIS, Ramón Ramos Torre, ensures the maintenance of the ICC, guaranteeing the continuity of the historical series, its methodological rigor and the proven quality of the data. Starting in November, the CIS, maintaining the methodology with which the CCI has been calculated since the beginning of the series, will carry out the monthly survey, calculate the results and make them available to all interested parties, as it does with all its studies. The ICC collects monthly the assessment of the recent evolution and expectations of Spanish consumers related to the Spanish economy, their family economy and employment, with the aim of anticipating their consumption decisions. In December, the index corresponding to the month of November, as well as those for the months of July, August, September and October, will be incorporated into the CIS website (www.cis.es). Its publication will be communicated sufficiently in advance to the interested media.