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The Enlightenment in Catalonia [PDF]
This article sketches out a historiographic picture of the Enlightenment in Catalonia: first it analyses the qualities of the concept, how it was adapted to the reality of Catalonia and how it has been interpreted from different vantage points, and secondly it summarises the milestones achieved by this movement according to the most recent ...
Javier Antón Pelayo
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Language Knowledge and Earnings in Catalonia [PDF]
This paper represents the first contribution that investigates the economic value of Catalan knowledge in terms of earnings, focusing on national and foreign first- and second-generation immigrants in Catalonia. Specifically, drawing on data from the "Survey on Living Conditions and Habits of the Catalan Population (2006)", we want to quantify the ...
Antonio Di Paolo, Josep Lluís Raymond
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Conflict in Catalonia: A Sociological Approximation [PDF]
This article follows the approach originally pioneered by Juan Linz to the empirical study of nationalism. We make use of original survey data to situate the emergent social division around the question of independence within a broader constellation of power relations.
Miley, Thomas, Garvia, Roberto
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Catalan domination in Greece during the 14th century: History, archaeology, memory and myth [PDF]
In this article, we present one of the most mythicised episodes in the history of Catalonia, first the cooperation and later the clash between the Catalan Company, led by the intrepid Roger de Flor (also known as Roger von Blume and Rutger Blume), and ...
Eusebi Ayensa i Prat
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Is Spain threatened by a permanent political crisis? [PDF]
The political situation in Spain, after the failed attempt of a unilateral declaration of the independence of Catalonia, has become the subject of study by the scientific and professional public throughout Europe and the world.
Rajko Petrović
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A history of Catalan geography The chronological evolution of geography in Catalonia is obviously strongly related to the historical events that took place in Catalonia and in Spain during the same period. Moreover, we should say that the development of Catalan geography follows the same ups and downs of the Catalan national movement over the last ...
Luna, Antoni, Mendizàbal, Enric
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The surge in support for independence in Catalonia (Spain) has received much political, journalistic, as well as academic attention. A popular account of the Catalan case stresses the allegation that motives relating to fiscal selfishness are behind the ...
Jordi Muñoz
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Towards a Common Public Culture? Boundaries to Belonging in Catalonia
The tension between the will to build a collective national identity and the increasing diversity of today’s societies is one of the main challenges facing nation‐states today.
Angelina Sánchez‐Martí+3 more
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Sports, society and collective identity in contemporary Catalonia [PDF]
In Catalonia, the introduction of modern sports in the late 19th century was considered tantamount to a quest to modernise society. Clubs organised by civil society played a key role in consolidating sports as both practice and entertainment, and in ...
Carles Santacana
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