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Author : Richard Gillespie
Release : 2015
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Book Synopsis Special Issue: Contesting Spain? The Dynamics of Nationalist Movements in Catalonia and the Basque Country by : Richard Gillespie
Download or read book Special Issue: Contesting Spain? The Dynamics of Nationalist Movements in Catalonia and the Basque Country written by Richard Gillespie. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Gillespie
Release : 2015-06-26
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Contesting Spain? The Dynamics of Nationalist Movements in Catalonia and the Basque Country by : Richard Gillespie
Download or read book Contesting Spain? The Dynamics of Nationalist Movements in Catalonia and the Basque Country written by Richard Gillespie. This book was released on 2015-06-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contesting Spain? The Dynamics of Nationalist Movements in Catalonia and the Basque Country offers an exploration of the dynamics behind contemporary shifts in the orientation of nationalist parties and movements with reference to Catalonia and the Basque country in Spain. The chapters were originally papers presented at a workshop held at the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) in September 2014 as part of a research project on ‘The Dynamics of Nationalist Evolution in Contemporary Spain’, whose purpose was to gain a better understanding of why regionally-based nationalist movements have experienced shifting relationships with the Spanish state over time, in some periods appearing content with accommodation between central and regional government and at other times pushing to go beyond autonomist demands to seek sovereignty or even attain full independence. The volume is one of the first to focus comparatively on the rise of pro-sovereignty politics in mainstream nationalist parties, whose evolution has also featured more traditional impulses towards territorial accommodation within the wider state. Using the exceptionally rich laboratory provided by Spain, the book explores the dynamics behind shifts in the orientation of nationalist parties and movements once they have established themselves as electorally successful at regional level. Dimensions to the analysis include: the interaction of nationalist parties with central government; pressures from their support bases; competition between parties within the home region; and international influences. This title is innovative in bringing together experts with a range of disciplinary approaches: primarily political scientists but also historians and scholars located at the cusp between social sciences and humanities.
Author : Daniele Conversi
Release : 1997
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Basques, the Catalans, and Spain by : Daniele Conversi
Download or read book The Basques, the Catalans, and Spain written by Daniele Conversi. This book was released on 1997. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work provides an introduction to Basque and Catalan nationalism. The two movements have much in common, but have differed in the strategies adopted to further their cause. Basque nationalism, in the shape of the military wing of ETA, took the path of violence, spawning an efficient terrorist campaign, while Catalan nationalism is more accommodating and peaceful. Conversi examines and compares the history, motives and methods of these two movements, considering the influence of such aspects of nationalist mobilization as: the choice of language, race and descent; the consequences of large-scale immigration; and the causes and effects of social violence.
Author : Juan Díez Medrano
Release : 1995
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Divided Nations by : Juan Díez Medrano
Download or read book Divided Nations written by Juan Díez Medrano. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nationalist movements in both the Basque Country and Catalonia are embedded in the context of Spanish rule, but they differ profoundly in their goals, strategies, constituencies, and success in marshaling public support. In a pathbreaking work of historical sociology, Juan Diez Medrano examines these differences for the first time. He provides not only a rich political history of the two cases but also a new explanation for why some nationalist movements adopt separatism or violence. Diez Medrano compares the formation of cultural identity in Catalonia and the Basque Country in an investigation that starts in the seventeenth century. For each region, he looks at patterns of industrialization, the establishment of nationalist parties before the Civil War, levels of nationalist activity under Franco, and conditions in democratic Spain today. The author considers conflicts within the populations that Basque and Catalan nationalist movements have claimed to represent, as well as conflicts between the state and nationalist organizations. The "nations" for whom these movements aim to speak, he shows, are in fact deeply divided. He attributes the divergent developments of Basque and Catalan nationalisms to the different relationships between the Madrid government and the leading social group in each region.
Author : Wil G. Pansters
Release : 2017-10-30
Genre : Reference
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Book Synopsis Beyond the Drug War in Mexico by : Wil G. Pansters
Download or read book Beyond the Drug War in Mexico written by Wil G. Pansters. This book was released on 2017-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume aims to go beyond the study of developments within Mexico’s criminal world and their relationship with the state and law enforcement. It focuses instead on the nature and consequences of what we call the ‘totalization of the drug war’, and its projection on other domains which are key to understanding the nature of Mexican democracy. The volume brings together chapters written by distinguished scholars from Mexico and elsewhere who deal with three major questions: what are the main features of and forces behind the persistent militarization of the drug war in Mexico, and what are the main consequences for human rights and the rule of law; what are the consequences of these developments on the public sphere and, more specifically, on the functioning of the press and freedom of expression; and how do ordinary people engage with the effects of violence and insecurity within their communities, and which initiatives and practices of ‘justice from below’ do they develop to counter an increased sense of vulnerability, suffering and impunity?
