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International Journal of Iberian Studies - Volume 15, Issue 1, 2002
Volume 15, Issue 1, 2002
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The British Image of Spain and the Civil War
More LessThis article aims to examine those images of Spain and Spaniards which were dominant in Great Britain during the Spanish Civil War, 193639. Its basic conclusion is that these images corresponded to two large sets of stereotypes bequeathed by history (the Black Legend of the sixteenth century and Romantic Myth of the nineteenth century) and were used as appropriate by both supporters of the Republic and of Franco in their respective propaganda battles.
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London's policies towards British volunteers for the International Brigades: an attempt to safeguard her precarious diplomacy
More LessBritish foreign policymakers saw the Spanish Civil War as a vital issue in avoiding a European conflagration. They saw the British volunteers as a hindrance to British diplomacy. If the Spanish Civil War were allowed to complicate the relationship with Italy, France, and Germany, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and others in the British Government believed that Europe might spiral into a world war. As Britain tried to stay neutral, the volunteers for the International Brigades were seen as a possible complication to these relationships. British policymakers believed the Spanish issue was the key to European war or peace. Some historians have argued that class and political prejudices rather than strategic considerations motivated leaders in the British Government. This article will argue that close reading of the top decision-makers' motivations does not support this thesis. Eden and others in the British Government believed that the volunteers had the potential to upset the delicate European balance of power, and to drive Europe closer to war, and thus they attempted to restrict Britons from going to Spain and attempted to withdraw them once they were there.
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Destino ou Futuro sobre a interpretao acadmica do discurso nacional de Eduardo Loureno
More LessThe aim of this article is to analyse Eduardo Loureno's contribution to the ongoing debate on Portuguese National Identity and to assess the extent to which his national discourse gives rise to opposing readings. The first part will examine the basis of the polarized discussion between functionalists and essentialists. The second part demonstrates that in so far as Loureno's national discourse is highly conventional it must, as argued by Boaventura de Sousa Santos among others, be considered parallel to the mythologized discourse of Aantnio Quadros. However, using parameters such as motivation and the scientific paradigm, this comparison is not at all valid. What complicates the reading and thus the reception of Loureno is his making use of certain linguistic devices which are easily associated with the essentialists' discourse; this aspect is dealt with in the conclusion.
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The Plan Hidrolgico Nacional: a missed opportunity or a wily exercise in pragmatic governance?
By Anne McFallAlthough Spain's much-debated and long-awaited national water plan, the Plan Hidrolgico Nacional (PHN), was finally approved by the Cortes on 20 June 2001, it is clear that the Partido Popular's (PP) battle is far from won: the plan's critics continue to work unremittingly to try to prevent some of the controversial aspects of the PHN from being implemented and their unremitting efforts may succeed in derailing the Spanish government's flagship scheme.
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Book Reviews
Authors: Richard Robinson, Brian Mott, Michael Gorman, Jos Amodia, John Sullivan and Alex LonghurstAntnio Costa Pinto, The Blue Shirts: Portuguese Fascists and the New State. Boulder, CO: Social Science Monographs, distributed by Columbia University Press, New York, 2000, pp. xv + 271. ISBN 0-88033-982-9.
Manuela Cook, Portuguese, a complete course in understanding, speaking and writing. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2001, pp. vi+330, ISBN 0-340-78932-8 (book), 0-340-78933-6 (book-cassette pack), 0-340-80250-2 (book-CD pack).
Monica Threlfall (ed.), Consensus Politics in Spain: Insider Perspectives, Bristol UK and Portland USA: Intellect, 2000, pp. viii + 88, ISBN 1-84150-034-8.
Nigel Townson, The Crisis of Democracy in Spain. Centrist Politics under the Second Republic, Brighton and Portland: Sussex Academic Press, 2000, pp. x + 444, ISBN 1-898723-19-2.
Santiago de Pablo, Ludger Mees and Jos A. Rodrguez, El Pndulo Patritico. Historia del Partido Nacionalista Vasco, I: 18951936. Barcelona: Critica, 1999, pp 398, ISBN 84-8432 008.
William Chislett, Spain at a Glance 2001. Madrid: Banco Santander Central Hispano, 2001, pp. 257.
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Volumes & issues
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Volume 37 (2024)
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Volume 35 (2022)
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Volume 34 (2021)
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Volume 33 (2020)
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Volume 31 (2018)
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Volume 29 (2016)
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Volume 28 (2015)
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