1st Edition

Catalan Nationalism Francoism, Transition and Democracy

By Montserrat Guibernau Copyright 2004
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

Are the Catalans content with the outcome of the Spanish transition to democracy? Is there a future for Catalan nationalism within the EU? How does globalization impact upon the survival and development of nations without states such as Catalonia? Will increasing numbers of immigrants transform regional identities? Has devolution fostered secessionism in Catalonia? These are some of the key... Read more

Introduction  1. Nationalism and Intellectuals in Nationas Without States: The Catalan Case  2. Portrait of a Dictatorship: Francoism  3. The Re-Emergence of Catalan Nationalism During Francoism  4. Catalonia Within the New Democratic Spain  5. Images of Catalonia I: ERC, PSUC-ICV and PSC  6. Images of Catalonia II: CDC and UDC.  Conclusion.

Biography

Montserrat Guibernau is a Reader in Politics at the Open University. She has previously taught at the universities of Cambridge, Warwick and Barcelona. Her publications include Nations Without States (1999), nationalisms (1996), Governing European Diversity (2001), Understanding Nationalism (2001) with John Hutchinson, and The Ethnicity Reader (1997) with John Rex.

'The detailed account of the party positions is very useful for researchers interested in Catalan and Spanish politics.' - Pieter van Houten, University of Cambridge, in Political Studies Review