A Citizen's Democracy in Authoritarian Times : An American View on the Catalan Drive for Independence / Thomas S. Harrington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrington, Thomas S., author.

Series:

Biblioteca Javier Coy d'estudis nord-americans ; 152.

Biblioteca Javier Coy d'estudis Nord-Americans Series ; Volume 152

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deliberative democracy.

Political participation--History.

Political participation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

American view on the Catalan drive for independence

Place of Publication:

València, Spain : Universitat de València, [2019]

System Details:

text file

EPUB

Summary:

Agents of sedition who are heedlessly destroying Spain's "consolidated democracy"? Xenophobes simply interested in protecting their own wealth who are, behind the rhetoric, not that different from the tribal authoritarians coming to the fore in Hungary and northern Italy? These are but two of the many narrative tropes the Spanish government and the establishment press in Europe and the US are rolling out to counter the rise of separatist sentiment in Catalonia. In this book, Thomas S. Harrington, an American with a deep familiarity with Catalan culture and history, argues that, far from being a threat to democracy in Europe, the scrupulously peaceful and people-driven movement for independence in Catalonia is, perhaps, the best hope we have for spurring its much hoped-for renewal. ¿Agentes de sedición qué están destruyendo despreocupadamente la "democracia consolidada" de Espana? ¿Xenófobos simplemente interesados en proteger su propia riqueza que, detrás de la retórica, no son tan diferentes de los autoritarios tribales qué surgen en Hungría y el norte de Italia? Estos son sólo dos de los muchos tropos narrativos qué el gobierno espanol y la prensa del "establishment" en Europa y los EE.UU. están desplegando para contrarrestar el auge del sentimiento separatista en Cataluna. En este libro, Thomas S. Harrington, un estadounidense con un profundo conocimiento de la cultura y la historia catalanas, argumenta que, lejos de ser una amenaza para la democracia en Europa, el movimiento independentista, escrupulosamente pacífico e impulsado por el pueblo, en Cataluna es, quizás, la mejor esperanza qué tenemos para impulsar su tan esperada renovación.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from ePub title page (Digitalia, viewed July 12, 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9788491343936

8491343938

OCLC:

1181886415