No. 26 (2017): Issue Management: No. 26 (2017): Cooperation and community development programs

Guest Editor:

Dr. Antonio Matas Terrón, Universidad de Málaga, España. 

Cooperation and development are, themselves, a pairing of indivisible concepts, and worth here the argumentative contradiction of pairing and indivisible. Rarely is one without the other, and ‘rarely’ is included just in case there was an unnoticed case in History. Besides, this number has chosen a good publication moment. For many decades the effects of globalisation have been perceived and suffered from all areas related to the human being, and it is important to highlight society needs to learn how to cope in a globalised world. We are attending to ideological, cultural and social closure phenomena that are a defensive response to the uncertainty globalisation generates. The consequences that can be observed at social, economical, political and cultural levels are catastrophic for the citizens. In this context, Education, as the only efficient mean between fear and uncertainty must asume its role. It must do it founded on serious and powerful research, real and critical commitment based on data and not on the impulsiveness of its agents. In this sense, cooperation should be a rising value facing competitiveness.