The minority nations of Spain and European integration: A new framework for autonomy?
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies
- Vol. 1 (1) , 29-42
- https://doi.org/10.1080/713683431
Abstract
The transformation of the state in western Europe provides new opportunities for expression for minority nations. Spain has a long history as a multinational state and, in the twentieth century, this has been one of the principal sources of political conflict. Catalan and Basque nationalists and Galician regionalists see in Europe a new arena for the expression of their national ambitions, while maintaining a degree of ambiguity about their ultimate goals and the question of sovereignty. Their strategies in Europe are rather different, reflecting the different history and character of the three territoriesKeywords
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