MARTA LATORRE
Visiting Scholar 2006-2007
CILAS
University Complutense of Madrid (UCM). Faculty/School of Political Science and Sociology. Department of Sociology I (Social Change).

Area of Expertise
Marta Latorre is an expert in political sociology, culture and politics. She also studies social and political change related to international migration.

Country of Expertise: Spain

Project title: "Political and citizenship processes of learning in Spanish return migration during Franco's regime".

Current Research Project
I am working on my doctoral thesis, which is a study of the processes of political socialization of Spanish migrants in foreign countries during Franco's dictatorship. It is the study of the first contacts of a generation of Spaniards born and socialized during Franco's regime with democratic practices, habits and ways of life in those countries of destination (in Western Europe).

Academic Background
M.A. University Complutense of Madrid
B.A. University Complutense of Madrid

Selected Publications

• "Ciudadanos en democracia ajena: Aprendizajes politícos de la emigración de retorno española en Alemania durante el franquismo", Migraciones y Exilios (in print, to be published in December 2006).
• "Los movimientos sociales más allá del giro cultural", Poltíca y Sociedad, Vol. 42, 2 (2005): pp. 37-48.