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9781847713797

Atlas of Stateless Nations in Europe

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    9781847713797

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    1847713793

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-12-15
  • Publisher: Ylolfa
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Summary

A stateless nation is a non-sovereign people.Yesterday, it was the case of Ireland, Poland or Latvia, when they lived under the control of other states. Today, these people have found their freedom. But the Europe of the 21st century still knows many cases of stateless nations.

Author Biography

Mikael Bodlore-Penlaez In 1999, Mikael Bodlore-Penlaez founded the www.eurominority.eu internet site, devoted to the European stateless nations. He regularly collaborates in producing bodies of work and geographical charts on this subject. He created this atlas with the support of a team specialising in European minorities.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. 4
Introductionp. 6
Understanding Minority Peoples
Minority peoples in the worldp. 8
What is a minority?p. 10
Nations, states and stateless nationsp. 12
Conflicts and claimsp. 16
Legislation protecting minoritiesp. 18
That which Forges the Identity of People
Languagesp. 20
Flagsp. 28
Political groupsp. 30
Overview of Stateless Nations
People in search of recognition:
Celtic people
Brittany, cultural effervescencep. 36
Wales, you said, "Llanfairpwllgwyngyll…"p. 40
Scotland, eyeing independencep. 44
Ireland, one objective: reunificationp. 48
Cornwall, a small-scale rebirthp. 52
The Isle of Man, at the inter Celtic crossroadsp. 54
Romance people
Galicia, between Celtic and Iberian culturesp. 56
Catalan countries (Catalonia), "We are a nation"p. 58
Occitania, a vast multifaceted areap. 62
Corsica, a turbulent story of a quest for freedomp. 66
Sardinia, "the first people" of the Mediterraneanp. 70
Friuli, border of empiresp. 74
Romansh, the poor Swiss relativep. 76
Ladins, minorities within a minorityp. 79
Savoy and Aosta, heart of the Arpitan peoplep. 80
Wallonia, the survival of an Oil peoplep. 84
Germanic people
Alsace, land of the Alamannip. 86
Frisia, nostalgic people of the North Seap. 90
Flanders, the long march towards emancipationp. 96
South Tyrol, Austrians at heartp. 98
The Faroe Islands, insurmountable archipelago of the Atlanticp. 100
Slavic people
Kashubia, the Slavs of the Balticsp. 102
Sorbia, rebirth after oppressionp. 104
Basque people
The Basque Country, always fighting for their rightsp. 108
Finno-Ugric and Altaic people
Sápmi, shepherds of the Boreal Landsp. 112
Gagauzia, the Christian Turks of Europep. 116
National Minorities and New Claims
Emblematic national minorities:
The Swedes of Finland and the Åland Islandsp. 120
The Germans of Eastern Europep. 122
The Hungarians of Romania, Slovakia…p. 124
The Aromanians, dispersed in the Balkansp. 126
The regions seeking identity:
Iberian peninsula, the model of autonomyp. 128
Northern Italy, union of the Gallo-ltalic peoplep. 130
Scania, torn between Danish and Swedish culturesp. 132
Silesia, mosaic of central European peoplep. 134
Moravia, no to assimilation!p. 136
Ingrians, Votes, Livonians, Vñro and Setop. 138
Former Minorities, New States
1989: the story of a quest for independence:
The Baltic adventurep. 142
Ukraine, the Orange Revolutionp. 144
Czechs and Slovakians, the peaceful schismp. 145
Moldova and Transnisthap. 146
Yugoslavia, soul of the Balkansp. 148
Montenegro and Kosovo, and what followed…p. 150
The New European Deal
What is the future for the minority people of Europe?p. 152
Bibliographyp. 154
Internet sitesp. 156
Notesp. 157
Authors/Photo creditsp. 158
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