Abstract. Pregnancy is a period of heightened susceptibility to external insults. In October 2024, an unprecedented torrential rain (DANA) struck South-East Spain. Concentrated in just a few hours and specific areas, it triggered severe flooding that caused 238 casualties and extensive property damage –the most devastating natural disaster in Europe so far in the 21st century. Using a Difference-…

Abstract. Gender issues have moved to the centre of electoral politics in many democracies, driven by feminist mobilization on one side and anti-gender backlash on the other. Yet we know relatively little about which specific gender-related attitudes shape vote choice and why some gender policies become electorally consequential while others do not. This paper addresses these questions through an…

Abstract. Air pollution is one of the most relevant threats to health worldwide. This study utilizes a combination of birth certificates for all births occurred in the capital city of Spain in 2019 and official registers of measurement stations in the 21 administrative districts. It systematically maps the influence of exposure to NO2, as a proxy for air pollution, during pregnancy, on three…

Abstract. This article examines the affective politicization of the manosphere, focusing on how a discourse of dis/affect shapes its political imaginaries. This theory-building piece with ethnographic insight conceptualizes the manosphere as an affective space embedded in digital affect culture. Drawing on theories of disaffection as a politics of feeling, the article argues that manospheric…

Abstract. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) sits at an uncomfortable junction in the governance of health and long-term care. It is rare enough to escape the institutional attention reserved for high-prevalence conditions, yet complex enough that generic disability or palliative frameworks struggle to cover its full care pathway. This article argues that ALS governance is best characterised as…

Abstract. The present article has a twofold objective. First, it proposes the Long-Term Care Coordination Index (LTC-CoIn), an analytical tool designed to systematically evaluate the scope of intergovernmental and intersectoral coordination mechanisms in long-term care (LTC) systems, applicable to any territorially complex country. Second, it applies this index to analyse the governance of the…

Abstract. A growing body of research links public service provision to political geographies. Yet an increasing share of services in Western countries is delivered by private companies. This article argues that the political implications of service deprivation extend beyond state-provided services for two reasons: first, because private services support communities through socioeconomic channels…

About this book. This book critically analyses the ongoing, often silent, expansion of genomics throughout society. Genomics has undeniably become an integral part of everyday life for many, albeit in ever-stratified ways, and this routinization process has come with interesting and often unpredicted consequences, interacting with national cultures, regulations, healthcare systems, patients,…

Resumen. Las pruebas genéticas embrionarias comprenden dos tipos de examen muy distintos. El Diagnóstico Genético Preimplantacional (PGD/PGT-M y PGT-SR) se utiliza en personas que padecen un trastorno genético conocido con el fin de evitar la transmisión de esta anomalía a su descendencia, mientras que el Cribado Genético Preimplantacional (PGS/PGT-A) se ofrece a personas “sanas” para aumentar…

Resumen. Este artículo analiza cómo la ciudadanía prioriza distintas motivaciones para cumplir con las medidas anti‑COVID. Utilizando un experimento conjunto (conjoint experiment en inglés) incluido en una encuesta en línea representativa de la población española (N = 3291), examinamos las preferencias de las personas al serles propuesto el ejercicio de decidir si entrar en un bar. El trabajo de…