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Nationalism In Spain

Key information

  • Module code:

    5AASB070

  • Level:

    5

  • Semester:

      Spring

  • Credit value:

    15

Module description

This module will cover Spanish politics and history from 1870 to the 2000s. In this module the students will explore the development and consolidation of Spain as a modern nation and state, and its challenges. The module will explore ideas of modern 'Spain' with reference to the collapse of empire, the emergence and crisis of the liberal state, mass politics, and the development of industrial capitalism and alternative national(ist) projects. The module will also cover the importance of debates about the 'nation' and the role of nationalism with reference to the post dictatorship Constitutional order, and the adoption of the territorial structure of the State of Autonomies. The module will also explore how globalization and migration have challenged questions of citizenship and nationhood in contemporary Spain.

 

Assessment details

2000 word tutorial essay (50%); 2000 word take home exam (50%)

Educational aims & objectives

  1. To critically examine nation and state building processes in modern Spain
  2. To understand and explain key concepts (e.g. nation, nationalism, nation state)
  3. To demonstrate skills in summarising, debating and assessing different theoretical approaches to the study of nationalism
  4. To explore the development and evolution of different nationalism(s) in 20th century Spain
  5. To analyse contemporary debates on nationalism in Spain 

Learning outcomes

The objective of the module is to enable students to read and interpret literature on nationalism, and to draw on this knowledge in order to be able to assess, analyse and interpret processes of nation building in Spain. 

Teaching pattern

2 x one hour weekly classes

Suggested reading list

  • Anderson, Benedict (1991) Imagined Communities. London: Verso
  • Mar-Molinero, C. and Smith, A. (1996), Nationalism and the nation in the Iberian peninsula, Berg.
  • Diez Medrano, J. (1995). Divided Nations: Class, Politics, and Nationalism in the Basque Country and Catalonia. New York, Cornell University Press.
  • Ozkirimili, Umut (2000) Theories of Nationalism. London: MacMillan Press, accessible book to theories of nationalism.
  • McCrone, D. (1998) Sociology of Nationalism. London: Routledge.
  • Whitfield, T. (2014). Endgame for ETA: elusive peace in the Basque Country. Oxford University Press.

Department

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