Originally published in Spanish: “La democracia española en perspectiva comparada”. Pau Marí-Klose. Agenda Pública. 5 Nov 2017 For sometime now, the Spanish state has been sharply criticized for government and court actions related to the Catalonian question. One of the most widely held views, spouted to all and sundry by secessionists, Podemos and the “Comunes” […]
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Imperfect, as all others
Originally published in Spanish. Argelia Queralt. Agenda Pública. I write these lines after Puigdemont and part of his Government fled to Brussels to evade the Spanish justice, after the investigating judge decreed provisional prison without bail for 8 former regional ministers of the Catalan government (an order which was executed) and after the appeal from […]
A ‘Referendum from below’ that reflects a long ‘Procés from above’
Originally published in Spanish: “Un ‘Referendum dede abajo que refleja un dilatado ‘procés desde arriba’ ‘”. Rubén Díez García. Agenda Pública. A few days ago an interesting article was published that had a certain impact on influential scholars, who are more unfamiliar to this area of study. The authors drew attention to the fact that […]
Un «Referendum dal basso» che riflette un esteso «Processo dall´alto»
Originale: “Un ‘referéndum desde abajo’ que refleja un largo ‘procés desde arriba’ ”. Rubén Díez García. Agenda_Pública Qualche giorno fa è stato pubblicato un interessante articolo che ha avuto una certa ripercussione su studiosi autorevoli, più estranei a questa area di studio. Gli autori richiamavano l’attenzione sul fatto che per capire il procés catalano è necessario tenere presente la pressione […]
Don’t say ‘robbery’ when you mean ‘Welfare State’
Originally published in Spanish. Manuel Alejandro Hidalgo Pérez and Jorge Díaz Lanchas. Agenda Pública. The disdain towards other collectives seems to be a common strategy while pursuing some other political goal, even if those other collectives are fellow citizens. Apparently, Spain has not been spared from this attitude. The secessionist movement, legitimate or not –we […]