Negotiating Spain and Catalonia
Title | Negotiating Spain and Catalonia PDF eBook |
Author | Fernando León Solís |
Publisher | Intellect Books |
Total Pages | 184 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
A narrative analysis of four main discourses of national identity in Spain, with a special focus on Catalonia, as disseminated in the Spanish press in the period between 1993 and 1996. The study includes assessments of the Spanish press coverage of the 1994 USA Football World Cup, and the process of negotiation towards a pact between Partido Popular and Convergencia I Unio in central government.
The Struggle for Catalonia
Title | The Struggle for Catalonia PDF eBook |
Author | Raphael Minder |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 383 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | POLITICAL SCIENCE |
ISBN | 1849048037 |
Analyses with rare impartiality what sets the Catalans apart from Spain, and how the separatist debate is playing out.
Double Talk
Title | Double Talk PDF eBook |
Author | Kathryn A. Woolard |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 208 |
Release | 2022 |
Genre | FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY |
ISBN | 9781503624443 |
A significant movement for Catalan independence has been building since 2010 and in 2015 is bringing Catalonia to a political showdown with the Spanish state. The Catalan language has long been cast as a key sign of identity and a rallying point for Catalan nationalism. This classic anthropological study, originally published in 1989 and now available for the first time in paperback, provides essential background for understanding Catalan national identity and its relationship to the distinctive Catalan language. Author Kathryn A. Woolard analyzes language and identity politics at a significant turning point in the modern history of Catalonia: 1979-80, when political autonomy was re-established after the end of the Franco dictatorship. This book examines the formal language politics of parties and policymaking as well as the interpersonal politics of individuals negotiating their social identities through choices between the Catalan and Spanish languages. This dual approach uncovers the relationship between the public and personal meanings of the languages that continue to resonate with Catalan national aspirations in the current political movement. Double Talk confronts enduring questions about bilingual life that arise not only in Spain, but also in settings worldwide.
Negotiating International Business
Title | Negotiating International Business PDF eBook |
Author | Lothar Katz |
Publisher | Booksurge Publishing |
Total Pages | 478 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Business and politics |
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Pt. 1. International negotiations. -- Pt. 2. Negotiation techniques used around the world. -- Pt. 3. Negotiate right in any of 50 countries.
Practising Self-Government
Title | Practising Self-Government PDF eBook |
Author | Yash Ghai |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 517 |
Release | 2013-08-29 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1107018587 |
An examination of how the constitutional frameworks for autonomies around the world really work.
Freedom for Catalonia?
Title | Freedom for Catalonia? PDF eBook |
Author | John Hargreaves |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 196 |
Release | 2000-03-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521586153 |
Although the fight for independence by national minorities has received much attention recently, there is no study of how globalised sport in its most advanced form can help to stimulate it. This book shows how the 1992 Olympic Games raised the tension that already existed between Catalonia and Spain, from the time they were awarded to Barcelona until they opened. John Hargreaves analyses and explains the way in which the conflict developed and eventually was resolved, in terms of the special characteristics of Catalan nationalism, the nature of the new Spanish democracy and the special role played by the International Olympic Committee. This book will be relevant to academics, researchers and postgraduates specialising in nationalism and Catalan nationalism, as well as being of interest to teachers, researchers and students of political sociology, cultural studies and sports studies, and professionals working in the fields of culture, sport, recreation and leisure.
Riding the Populist Wave
Title | Riding the Populist Wave PDF eBook |
Author | Tim Bale |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 371 |
Release | 2021-08-26 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1009007114 |
In spite of the fact that Conservative, Christian democratic and Liberal parties continue to play a crucial role in the democratic politics and governance of every Western European country, they are rarely paid the attention they deserve. This cutting-edge comparative collection, combining qualitative case studies with large-N quantitative analysis, reveals a mainstream right squeezed by the need to adapt to both 'the silent revolution' that has seen the spread of postmaterialist, liberal and cosmopolitan values and the backlash against those values – the 'silent counter-revolution' that has brought with it the rise of a myriad far right parties offering populist and nativist answers to many of the continent's thorniest political problems. What explains why some mainstream right parties seem to be coping with that challenge better than others? And does the temptation to ride the populist wave rather than resist it ultimately pose a danger to liberal democracy?