In front of a world of change and the current crisis, a collective debate to lay the foundations of a new «contract» that allows setting the political, social and economic operation in Spain, at least for the next thirty years, is an imperative. This is what will be considered by renowned analyst, writer and journalist Andrés Ortega at the conference ‘Rebuild democracy’, offered this Wednesday, 21 May at 19:00 in the Cultural Centre La Nau of the University of Valencia, an event that is done on purpose of his latest book with the same title.
The event, that is part of the programming of Open Senate, will be presented by Full University Professor of Human Geography at the University of Valencia, Juan Romero, and moderated by journalist of EL PAÍS Adolf Beltran. Admission is free while space is available at the Aula Magna and will be broadcast live from MediaUni (www.mediauni.uv.es/tv).
In ‘Rebuild democracy’ (RBA) Andrés Ortega raises the need to rebuild the political system by radical transformations of laws and practice at all levels, in order to achieve a new social contract that regulates a society very different from the one that illuminated the Constitution of 1978, and that also includes a new way of understanding the structuring of the country. Likewise, it is also exposed how to depoliticize some areas to re-politicize others, stop corruption and move towards a more participatory citizenship in a society already interconnected. How to convince politicians to take this agenda? With the vote, the voice, the generational renewal and a deep reform of the Constitution. Rebuild democracy is an essential contribution to an unstoppable debate that is based on conversations between Andrés Ortega and publishers of the media Agenda Pública.
The idea of the book is to reflect a debate between people of different generations, different political persuasions and origins. Also, it is presented as an invitation to a dialogue that should continue in various formats, in physical and virtual forums. The vast majority of treated subjects are common in the opinion pages of the mass media. Together in this book they give the impression of being a roadmap to be followed by the ruling class and the whole population.
Andrés Ortega manages and distributes throughout the book a significant amount of data and references to authors and scholars of first rate, which allow him to raise his arguments and reflections. There are many topics covered, so the text is divided into eight main chapters.
Andrés Ortega is analyst, writer and journalist. He has graduated in Political Sciences from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and has a Master’s Degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics, his long journalistic experience has been supplemented with charges of as much relevance as the Director of the Policy Planning Unit at the Prime Minister’s Office, which he has occupied twice (1994-1996 and 2004-2008). His latest books are 'The strength of a few' (2007), 'What has happened?' (2012, with A. Pascual-Ramsay) and the novel 'Without Soul' (2012), in addition to 'Rebuild Democracy' (2014) , a work in which have collaborated Argelia Queralt Jiménez, Juan Rodríguez Teruel, Edgar Rovira Sebastià and Marc López Plana, promoters of Agenda Pública, a web of political analysis in Spanish and English.
From the blog of the Office of the Vice-Principal for Culture and Equality, NAU XXI (http://nauxxi.uv.es), and as a prelude to the debate on Monday, you can find more information about the structure of the book and the author.
Last update: 20 de may de 2014 08:44.
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