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Instructor (s): Dr. Laura Cervi Email: [email protected] Course Title: Comparative Nationalism in Europe: The Case of Catalonia Course Code: PONC350 Subject: Politics Credits: 3 Semester/Term: ☒ Spring

☒ Fall ☐ Summer

Course Description:

The course aims to examine the resurgence of ethnicity and nationalism in the contemporary world, focusing on the European and mainly in the Spanish case, and evaluate the challenge that this resurgence imposes to a world of nation-states and to the post-cold war international order.

Course Requirements:

Required Text/Films: BOOKS Anderson, Benedict, Imagined Communities (revised and extended edition). London: Verso, 1991. ISBN13: 9781844670864 Conversi, Daniele. (2000). The Basques, the Catalans and Spain: Alternative Routes to Nationalist Mobilisation. London: Hurst & Co Publishers. Chapter 3 (Basque Nationalism from its Beginnings to the Civil War): 44-75. ISBN13: 9780874173628 Gellner, Ernest. (1983). Nations and Nationalism. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN13: 9780801475009 M. Guibernau, Nations Without States: Political Communities in the Global Age, Polity Press, 1999. ISBN13: 9780745618012 Hobsbawm, Eric J. (1990). Nations and Nationalism since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN13: 9781107604629 Rokkan, Stein, Peter Flora, et al. (1999). State Formation, Nation-Building, and Mass Politics in Europe. Oxford and NY: Oxford UP. ISBN13: 9780198280323 ARTICLES Kenneth Bollen and Juan Diez Medrano, Who are the Spaniards? Nationalism and Identification in Spain Author(s): Social Forces, Vol. 77, No. 2 (Dec.,

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1998), pp. 587-621 Michael Cox, Bringing in the 'International': The IRA Ceasefire and the End of the Cold War, International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-), Vol. 73, No. 4 (Oct., 1997), pp. 671-693 Montserrat Guibernau , Nationalism and Intellectuals in Nations without States: the Catalan Case, WP núm. 222, Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials, Barcelona, 2003. ISBN13: 9780745618012 Jouni Hakli , The Politics of Belonging: Complexities of Identity in the Catalan Borderlands, Human Geography, Vol. 83, No. 3 (2001), pp. 111-119 E. J. Hobsbawm and David J. Kertzer, Ethnicity and Nationalism in Europe Today, Anthropology Today, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Feb., 1992), pp. 3-8 David D. Laitin, Linguistic Revival: Politics and Culture in Catalonia: Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr., 1989), pp. 297-317 Francisco J Llera Ramo, The Construction of the Basque Polarized Pluralism, ICPS: Working Paper n.64, Barcelona 1993 José Manuel Mata, Nationalism and Political Parties in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country. Srategies and Tensions, ICPS Working Paper n.137, Barcelona 1998 Lawrence J. McCaffrey Source, Irish Nationalism and Irish Catholicism: A Study in Cultural Identity, Church History, Vol. 42, No. 4 (Dec., 1973), pp. 524-534 Charles W. McMillion, International Integration and Intra-National Disintegration: The Case of Spain: Comparative Politics, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Apr., 1981), pp. 291-312 Stein Rokkan, The Structuring of Mass Politics in the Smaller European Democracies: A Developmental Typology , Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Jan., 1968), pp. 173-210 Charles Tilly, States and Nationalism in Europe 1492-1992, Theory and Society, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Feb., 1994), pp. 131-146 Smith, Anthony D. 1989. 'The origins of nations', Ethnic and Racial Studies


12, 3: 340-67. ISBN13: 9780631161691 Smith, Anthony D. 1994. 'The problem of national identity: ancient, medieval, modern?', Ethnic and Racial Studies 17, 3: 375-99. Roland Willemyns, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (2002). "The Dutch–French Language Border in Belgium" (PDF). Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. http://www.multilingual-matters.net/jmmd/023/0036/jmmd0230036.pdf WEB PAGES http://www.nationalismproject.org (definitions of nationalism) The warkick debate http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/gellner/Warwick.html FILMS Passola, Isona (director) (2008) “Cataluña-Espanya: la pélicula” [Documentary about the relation between Catalonia and Spain ]. Menem, Julio (director) (2003), La pelota Basca [Documentary about Eusaki, the Basque Country ]. Sherida, Jim (director) (1993), In the name of the father [Movie about IRA and Ulster situation ]. ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED FILM-VIEWING: WEB PAGES http://www.nationalismproject.org (definitions of nationalism) The warkick debate http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/gellner/Warwick.html FILMS Passola, Isona (director) (2008) “Cataluña-Espanya: la pélicula” [Documentary about the relation between Catalonia and Spain ]. Menem, Julio (director) (2003), La pelota Basca [Documentary about Eusaki, the Basque Country ]. Sherida, Jim (director) (1993), In the name of the father [Movie about IRA and Ulster situation ]. Course format: The course consists of two 120-minute sessions a week, during 12 weeks. Its contents will be presented through lectures (including support materials


such as slides), debates and/or discussion sessions either on the material covered or related to current affairs, and short oral presentations on topics to be chosen by the students after consultation with the instructor. Assignments

Course Requirements Percentages

1. Participation 10 %

2. Mid-term 30 %

3. Oral Presentation 10 %

4. Research Paper 20 %

5. Final Exam 30 %

Total 100% 1. Participation (10 %): Participation in class involves paying attention to the lectures, asking and responding questions when asked by the instructor, and sharing personal opinions about the issues dealt with in class with the other students. Please avoid carrying on private conversations and eating during class, and remember to turn off your cell phone. 2. Mid-term exam (30 %): It will consist of five short answer questions, and two short essays based on the lectures and on the assigned readings included in first part only. Students will have 75 minutes to complete it. 3. Oral presentation (10 %): Each research paper shall be accompanied by an oral presentation during the last weeks of class. Oral presentations will last no less than 10 minutes and no longer than 20. They will be followed by questions and discussion with the other students. Students may use support materials. 4. Research paper (20 %) : Each student is expected to write a research paper (5-8 pages, Times New Roman 12, 1.5) on a topic chosen according to his or her own interests, and after consultation with the instructor. The research paper is a chance to deepen one aspect of Nationalism that students are particularly interested in. The primary goal of this paper is to grapple with one relevant question related to the topic and to develop an individual answer to such question. Essays may not be submitted by e-mail or fax. The instructor will collect only


hard copies of each student’s research paper on the specified date. IMPORTANT: The lack of a proper bibliography and appropriate referencing (footnotes or endnotes) will be penalized. Plagiarism is a serious offence. If you copy material from articles, books, print media, web pages or other sources and present it as your own, this is plagiarism. If you plagiarize, you will receive a zero mark for your research paper. 5. Final exam (30 %): It will consist of five short answer questions and one short essay based on the lectures and on the assigned readings included in second part only. Students will have 75 minutes to complete it.

Learning Outcomes and/or Expected Student Competencies:

This course analyses the concepts of nation, nationalism and national identity and, in particular, their relationship to political power and democracy. It takes an interdisciplinary approach, examining explanatory and normative literature from sociology, social psychology, history and political science. Students are expected to apply these concepts and theories to actual cases from the country they’re living in. On completion of the course, students should be able to:

Learning Outcome 1. Be able to compare and contrast interpretations of the resurgence of

ethnicity and nationalism in the contemporary world 2. Evaluate the challenges this presents to a world of nation states 3. Debate the issue of the extent to which the nation state is a viable

and effective political unit in a world of global markets, inter-state organisations and political movements for ethnic resurgence.

Course Outline:

Session Topic Session 1 Introduction of the course. Presentation of the students

and the course. Political issues of interest. Assignment for the next session Ask your Barcelona-and-surroundings fellows whether they feel Catalan (only Catalan; more Catalan than Spanish), Spanish (only Spanish, more Spanish than Catalan),or both and try to figure out why.


Session 2: Part I.: Main Concepts and Theoretical Framework

What is a nation? Defining Nation and State. Nations, States, Nation-States, State-less Nations. Required readings: Gellner, Ernest. (1983). Nations and Nationalism. Ithaca: Cornell University Press: Chapter 5 (What is a nation?). Ernest Renan, "What is a Nation?" (Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?) Lecture given at Sorbonne, 11


Defining Nationalism Discuss the different definitions of nationalism (Anderson, Handler, Gellner, Breuilly, Hroch, Renan, Billig, Brubaker and Hechter, in the nationalismprocject’s web: see reading). Required readings: http://www.nationalismproject.org (definitions of nationalism) Yael Tamir, Review: The Enigma of Nationalism , World Politics, Vol. 47, No. 3 (Apr., 1995), pp. 418-440


Defining Nationalism Ernest Gellner vs. Anthony D. Smith Required readings Gellner, Ernest. (1983). Nations and Nationalism. Ithaca: Cornell University Press: Chapter 1 (Definitions). Anthony D. Smith, LSE Centennial Lecture: The Resurgence of Nationalism? Myth and Memory in the Renewal of Nations, The British Journal of Sociology, Vol. 47, No. 4 (Dec., 1996), pp. 575-598. The warkick debate http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/gellner/Warwick.html

Session 5: Part I.: Main Concepts and

Nationalism as a feeling: the problem of identity Identity, Social identity and Nationalism


Theoretical Framework

Required readings Kenneth Bollen and Juan Diez Medrano, Who are the Spaniards? Nationalism and Identification in Spain, Social Forces, Vol. 77, No. 2 (Dec., 1998), pp. 587-621


Catalan identity: language and culture Introduction to Catalan Identity Required readings David D. Laitin, Linguistic Revival: Politics and Culture in Catalonia: Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr., 1989), pp. 297-317 Goldie Shabad and Richard Gunther, Language, Nationalism, and Political Conflict in Spain, Comparative Politics, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Jul., 1982), pp. 443-477


Nationalism as a movement: ethno-regionalistic mobilization Nationalism and Politics: Nationalism as a political tool Required readings M. Guibernau, Nations Without States: Political Communities in the Global Age, Polity Press, 1999.pp 45-56


ONE DAY MANDATORY FIELD TRIP ON SATURDAY (no class during this week) “A closed eye on deep Catalonia” We will depart on Saturday morning and come back at night. We will visit a town in the center of Catalonia. Activities: -Traditional Catalonia (food and tradition) -Visit to the local Government -Conference by Dr. Xavier Ginesta “Catalonia and Catalan independentism”

Session 9: Part I.: Main Concepts and

Catalan political system: institutional settings Institutions, Political parties and the “dual voting”.


Theoretical Framework

Required readings Charles W. McMillion, International Integration and Intra-National Disintegration: The Case of Spain: Comparative Politics, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Apr., 1981), pp. 291-312


Catalan political system: political options. Catalanism, nationalism and independentism Required readings Montserrat Guibernau , Nationalism and Intellectualsin Nations without States: the Catalan Case, WP núm. 222, Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials, Barcelona, 2003.


FIELD TRIP: visit to ERC, Catalan independentist party and conference. Activity: Write some paragraphs on the conference.


Review class

Session 13: Part II: Catalan nationalism in comparative perspective: alternative route to national mobilization

MIDTERM EXAM

Session 14: Part II: Catalan nationalism in comparative perspective: alternative

The resurgence of ethno-regionalism in Europe: a pattern for comparison Rokkan cleavages and the State building process in Europe Required readings


route to national mobilization

Stein Rokkan, The Structuring of Mass Politics in the Smaller European Democracies: A Developmental Typology , Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Jan., 1968), pp. 173-210


FILM VIEWING “La pelota vasca” Required readings José Manuel Mata, Nationalism and Political Parties in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country. Srategies and Tensions, ICPS Working Paper n.137, Barcelona 1998 Francisco J Llera Ramo, The Construction of the Basque Polarized Pluralism, ICPS: Working Paper n.64, Barcelona 1993


The Basque Country Introduction to the “Basque question” Required readings Conversi, Daniele. (2000). The Basques, the Catalans and Spain: Alternative Routes to Nationalist Mobilisation. London: Hurst & Co Publishers. Chapter 3 (Basque Nationalism from its Beginnings to the Civil War): 44-75.


The resurgence of ethno-regionalism in Europe: a pattern for comparison Nationalism and political parties. A European perspective Required readings E. J. Hobsbawm and David J. Kertzer, Ethnicity and Nationalism in Europe Today, Anthropology Today, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Feb., 1992), pp. 3-8 Frederic Falkenhagen, NATIONAL IDENTITY AND ETHNO-REGIONAL PARTY TYPES, CEU Political Science Journal. Vol. 4, No. 3, 389

Session 18: Part II: Catalan

The resurgence of ethno-regionalism in Europe: alternative routes for national mobilization.


nationalism in comparative perspective: alternative route to national mobilization

Violence vs democracy Required readings Charles Tilly, States and Nationalism in Europe 1492-1992, Theory and Society, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Feb., 1994), pp. 131-146 Stanley Payne, Catalan and Basque Nationalism, Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 6, No. 1, Nationalism and Separatism (1971), pp. 15-51


Ireland and IRA Historical evolution: from conflict to the Ceasefire Required readings Michael Cox, Bringing in the 'International': The IRA Ceasefire and the End of the Cold War, International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-), Vol. 73, No. 4 (Oct., 1997), pp. 671-693


FILM VIEWING “In the name of the father” Required readings Lawrence J. McCaffrey Source, Irish Nationalism and Irish Catholicism: A Study in Cultural Identity, Church History, Vol. 42, No. 4 (Dec., 1973), pp. 524-534


Students’ Research paper presentation and debate



Students’ Research paper presentation and debate


Review class


Final exam

Other Policies: Expectations

Professional behavior is expected of all students. This includes preparation for classes, on-time attendance at classes, attendance at all group sessions and appropriate participation in the form of attentiveness and contributions to the course. Respect for the academic process is the major guiding principle for professional behavior and extends to all communications, including e-mail. Attendance/Participation


Attendance to class sessions and lively participation in class activities and discussion will count for each student’s final evaluation. Attendance is mandatory; therefore, if the student misses class, he or she must make sure to obtain the class notes. Absence will not be considered a valid excuse for not knowing about a topic. Participation in class involves paying attention to the lectures, asking and responding questions when asked by the instructor, and sharing personal opinions about the issues dealt with in class with the other students. Please avoid carrying on private conversations and eating during class, and remember to turn off your cell phone. Attendance policies: Attendance is mandatory and punctuality is required. More than 3 absences will lower your grade. Readings: All the bibliography is available at the center. Books are available at the Center’s Library and the articles are collected in a Course Reader’s Packet. Course Policies For e-mail communications, students must use their Arcadia University e-mail account. Students are responsible for any information provided by e-mail or through Intranet postings. Plagiarism Representation of another’s work or ideas as one’s own in academic submissions is plagiarism, and is cause for disciplinary action. Cheating is actual or attempted use of resources not authorized by the instructor(s) for academic submissions. Students caught cheating in this course will receive a failing grade. Fabrication is the falsification or creation of data, research or resources to support academic submissions, and cause for disciplinary action. Late or Missed Assignments Will not be accepted for grading. Students with Disabilities Persons with documented disabilities requiring accommodations to meet the expectations of this course should disclose this information while enrolling into the program, and before leaving the United States so that appropriate arrangements can be made.

Prerequisites: There are no specific prerequisites for this course. Country and Program Connection:

Studying abroad means to experience a new country. Americans are used to hear in a context of great pride people loudly declare, "I'm patriotic”, but in Spain being patriotic could have very different


meanings, according to a different idea of national identity. Actually Spain could be defined a multinational state. The Spanish Constitution of 1978 states the following intentionally ambiguous sentence that lies in the root of the matter:

"The Constitution is based on the indissoluble unity of the Spanish Nation, the common and indivisible homeland of all Spaniards; it recognizes and guarantees the right to self-government of the nationalities and regions of which it is composed and the solidarity among them all."

But what is nation? And moreover, should every nation have its own separate state? Should every state engulf one nation? Is the nation-state sovereign? Actually the resurgence of nationalism is one of the key concepts to really understand this country, and the context they are living in.


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Instructor (s): Dr. Laura Cervi · ICPS: Working Paper n.64, Barcelona 1993 . José Manuel Mata, Nationalism and Political Parties in the Autonomous ... such as slides), debates and/or