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International Journal of Iberian Studies - Volume 22, Issue 3, 2009
Volume 22, Issue 3, 2009
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Spanish anti-fascist prisoners of war in Lancashire, 194446
More LessThis article assesses the significance of the experiences of 226 Spanish anti-fascists and republicans who were detained in France in the autumn of 1944 and transported to Britain as prisoners of war (POWs) of the Allied army. After arriving in different batches at Southampton, they were interned in POW camps across the country before being moved to Hall o' the Hill Camp, near Chorley, Lancashire, where most remained until their final release in 1946. This article sets the peculiar circumstances of their detention in the context of the personal, local and international situation surrounding them and documents the multifaceted campaign for their release which was articulated by trade unions, political organizations, national newspapers and some prominent figures in British society. In doing so, a contribution is made to the history of the diaspora of the opposition to Franco and to the history of POWs in Britain in the period 194446.
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Autonomistes, Catalanistes and Independentistes: politics in contemporary Catalonia
More LessThe Catalan political system has been subject to a series of major challenges in recent years following the creation of the three-party coalition government in December 2003, which was renewed in November 2006. The party system has been at its most fluid since the late 1970s. The origins of this shift are to be found in comparative economic decline and the impact of immigration in the territory. One consequence of a growing Catalan discontent with the failure to agree to the full implementation of the 2006 Statute of Autonomy has been the consolidation and normalization of the discourse of Catalan independence.
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The emergence of right-wing radicalism at the local level in Spain: the Catalan case
Authors: Sergi Pardos-Prado and Joaquim M MolinsIn spite of being considered an example of failure of the radical right, Spain has seen for the first time since the restoration of democracy how some extreme parties got representation in the last 2003 and 2007 local elections. This article focuses on the most successful among these parties, namely the Plataforma per Catalunya. We suggest that partisan conversion of socialist voters and mobilization of former abstainers are the main origin of radical votes. By contrast, new cohorts of voters and swings from right-wing voters or nationalist voters do not have an influence. The results are triangulated with two methods of ecological inference that allow us to estimate the proportion of individuals who changed their vote in one direction or the other across two consecutive elections.
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The spirit of Catalonia today
By Jos MontillaThis is the text of the speech given by the president of the Generalitat de Catalunya as a keynote lecture. After outlining the features of the current economic crisis and the palliative action taken by the Catalan government, as part of the idea of effecting a change in the growth model, the speech tackles issue of identities in multiethnic and multicultural societies, the relations between the Catalan and Castilian languages, immigration into Catalonia and Catalonia's contribution to the world.
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Volumes & issues
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Volume 37 (2024)
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Volume 36 (2023)
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Volume 35 (2022)
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Volume 34 (2021)
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Volume 33 (2020)
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Volume 32 (2019)
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Volume 31 (2018)
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Volume 30 (2017)
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Volume 29 (2016)
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Volume 28 (2015)
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Volume 27 (2014)
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Volume 26 (2013)
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Volume 25 (2012)
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Volume 24 (2011 - 2012)
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Volume 23 (2010)
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Volume 22 (2009)
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Volume 21 (2008)
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Volume 20 (2007)
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Volume 19 (2006 - 2007)
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Volume 18 (2005)
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Volume 17 (2004)
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Volume 16 (2003 - 2004)
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Volume 15 (2002 - 2003)
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Volume 14 (2001)