Civil Society, Media, and Globalization in Catalonia

Folch‐Serra, Mireya; Nogue‐Font, Joan

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“…This distinct history is enshrined in Catalan museums and textbooks that also memorialize nationalist figures (Cultiaux 2001). Moreover, many of the region’s athletic, cultural, political, and civic organizations have labored to keep Catalan traditions alive (Folch-Serra and Nogue-Font, 2001).…”

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Political Parties, Immigration, and Panethnicity

Mora

2017

Du Bois Rev.

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Most studies on panethnicity have focused on the United States, leaving researchers with little understanding of how it becomes institutionalized in areas with different racial politics and histories. Drawing on fifty-two in-depth interviews with Latin American immigrant leaders, political party operatives, and bureaucrats, in addition to fourteen weeks of participant observation, I examine the establishment of panethnic Latino coalitions in the Barcelona, Spain, which has witnessed a sharp increase in Latin American migration. I argue that unlike in the United States, in Spain political parties play a critical role in establishing panethnic coalitions. They do so by enabling the development of panethnic civic organizations that they hope will be politically loyal to them. Latin American immigrant leaders respond to these efforts by cooperating with parties while also resisting political pressure. Specifically, immigrant leaders forge networks with one another that cross party lines, use media to promote the nonpartisan aspects of panethnicity, and construct cultural and instrumental narratives about panethnic unity. These strategies help immigrant leaders weather political shifts and make panethnicity seem to have arisen organically. Panethnicity is forged as a strategic, cultural, and experiential form of community identification precisely through this interaction between parties, immigrant leaders, and media. Implications for understanding how panethnicity becomes institutionalized and avenues for further international research on panethnicity are discussed.

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Political Parties, Immigration, and Panethnicity

Mora

2017

Du Bois Rev.

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“…31 A 2009 census found that of the Catalan population, 99% understood the language, 95% spoke Catalan, 89% could read in Catalan and 76% could write in Catalan (Idescat, 2010). 32 The cultural Renaixença is a period in Catalan history (ranging from the early 18 th century to the mid 20 th century) when Catalan language, arts and history were actively promoted by the intellectual elite and subnationalist leaders of Catalonia (Folch-Serra & Nogue-Font, 2004).…”

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Newcomers as Accessories: A Study of Basque and Catalan Autonomy Campaigns through Immigrant Integration Strategies

Davies¹

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<p>This thesis examines the political autonomy campaigns of subnational entities. Subnational entities may be defined as political entities located below the state level whose members are connected through historic territories and socio-cultural identities. Catalonia and the Basque Country are presented as the two case studies of this thesis and are approached with a comparative framework. From the outset, an examination of the Westphalian state structure of the international political system is provided, with particular emphasis on the political position of subnational entities. The thesis then utilises the contemporary phenomenon of international migration and explores the international immigration trends that affect Catalonia and the Basque Country. The potential tension at the intersection of international immigration and subnational autonomy campaigns is analysed, guided by the question of whether Catalonia or the Basque Country approach foreign immigration as a hindrance or a help to their political autonomy campaigns. The integration policies of Catalonia and the Basque Country are then assessed, as well as an analysis of the alternative political relations which Catalonia and the Basque Country have formed based upon the issue of foreign immigrant integration. This thesis finds that although the sovereign state structure continues to dominate the international political system, Catalonia and the Basque Country demonstrate how subnational autonomy campaigns continue to be pursued. Furthermore, this thesis finds that Catalonia and the Basque Country have recently utilised the issue of foreign immigrant integration as a stratagem for enhancing their informal political competencies.</p>

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The Geopolitics of Identity: Popular Literature, Censorship, and the Spanish Media

Folch‐Serra¹

2002

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National identity and manufactured unity have paved the way to the modern phenomenon of the nation-state, which emerged around the French Revolution in the late 18th century. The nation-state sought to unite the people by means of homogenization, creating a "common culture, symbols, values, reviving traditions and myths of origin, and sometimes inventing them" (Guibernau, 2000, p. 989). Ethnic division had no place or explanation in this product of the Enlightenment. Yet, despite the high minded aim of nation builders, ethnic and cultural differences did not disappear overnight. Indeed, they have been noted and written about by reporters and political observers alike. Their vision of these differences challenges the status quo in many ways, and most likely has altered the manner in which national unity is perceived inside and outside national borders.Requests for reprints should be sent to

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Civil Society, Media, and Globalization in Catalonia

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Political Parties, Immigration, and Panethnicity

Political Parties, Immigration, and Panethnicity

Newcomers as Accessories: A Study of Basque and Catalan Autonomy Campaigns through Immigrant Integration Strategies

The Geopolitics of Identity: Popular Literature, Censorship, and the Spanish Media

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