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Author Harrington, Thomas S., author.

Title A citizen's democracy in authoritarian times : an American view on the Catalan drive for independence / Thomas S. Harrington.

Publication Info. Valencia : Universitat de València, 2018.

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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  320.9467 HARRINGTON    Check Shelf
Description 284 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Biblioteca Javier Coy d'estudis nord-americans ; 152
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Rapping on the cast(i)le gates : nationalism and culture-planning in contemporary Spain -- If a million people march for Catalan independence in Barcelona, do they make noise? -- Washington seeks stability. It is not likely to recognize a Catalan state -- The essential question of our time : will we live as citizens, or go back to being subjects? -- New national structures are needed to protect people against powerful transnational interests -- Projecting Catalan identity in the contemporary world : a view from the outside -- Waiting for positive signs from the great powers is to ratify their power over you -- No centralist power will allow anyone to leave without exacting a price -- Dignity is an important word -- Les bases de Manresa : where they came from and why they are important -- Media control and authoritarian rhetoric : how Spain's corrupt people's party continues to rule -- An interview with Catalan independence leader Artur Mas -- A nation too liquid? -- As long as the front against negotiation exists in Madrid, the level of alienation in Catalonia will grow -- Urgent : forced takeover of Catalan government institutions by Spanish police -- Catalonia : Spanish centralism or the self-defeating hubris of the authoritarian mind -- Largest newspaper in Spain blames Russia and Antiwar.com for Catalonia pro-independence news -- In the midst of a coup, Catalans keep on keepin' on -- Last Sunday in Catalonia : pirates 1, the invisible armada 0 -- The disingenuousness of the "procedural irregularities" case against Catalan independence -- Mario Vargas Llosa is the perfect poster boy for Spanish unionism -- The baseless myth of the poor, propagandized Catalans -- When viewed in comparative terms, Catalonia's culture of democracy is truly impressive -- A polemic with a professor at the University of Connecticut -- The major question here is the role of force in elective democracies in the 21st century -- Catalonia and the art of differential diagnosis -- An extraordinary moment for democracy in Europe -- Big media on last Thursday's (December 21st) vote in Catalonia : "never mind" -- What nerve! In Catalonia they are once again trying to swear-in the coalition that won the most votes -- Rajoy and Catalonia : the fear behind the bully's rage -- Professor Marlene Wind : symbol of a smug Denmark and a power-serving academic discipline -- Civil disobedience : myths and realities -- Brand name progressives in the U.S. ...and in Catalonia -- When Spain thought it had gained promotion to the first division of lying states -- The establishment's "controversialization" of Quim Torra -- Why must governments in Catalonia please all when those in Madrid can simply enact their programs? -- The unionists in Catalonia turn to the Latin American coup playbook.
Subject Catalonia (Spain) -- Politics and government.
Catalonia (Spain) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.
Autonomy and independence movements. (OCoLC)fst01736040
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Spain -- Catalonia. (OCoLC)fst01206043
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9788491343523
8491343520
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