Atlas of Stateless Nations in Europe

by Bodlore-penlaez, Mikael; Finn, Sarah; Finn, Ciaran

ISBN13: 9781847713797

ISBN10: 1847713793

Format: Paperback

Pub. Date: 2011-12-15

Publisher(s): 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.

Preface	p. 4
Introduction	p. 6
Understanding Minority Peoples
Minority peoples in the world	p. 8
What is a minority?	p. 10
Nations, states and stateless nations	p. 12
Conflicts and claims	p. 16
Legislation protecting minorities	p. 18
That which Forges the Identity of People
Languages	p. 20
Flags	p. 28
Political groups	p. 30
Overview of Stateless Nations
People in search of recognition:
Celtic people
Brittany, cultural effervescence	p. 36
Wales, you said, "Llanfairpwllgwyngyll…"	p. 40
Scotland, eyeing independence	p. 44
Ireland, one objective: reunification	p. 48
Cornwall, a small-scale rebirth	p. 52
The Isle of Man, at the inter Celtic crossroads	p. 54
Romance people
Galicia, between Celtic and Iberian cultures	p. 56
Catalan countries (Catalonia), "We are a nation"	p. 58
Occitania, a vast multifaceted area	p. 62
Corsica, a turbulent story of a quest for freedom	p. 66
Sardinia, "the first people" of the Mediterranean	p. 70
Friuli, border of empires	p. 74
Romansh, the poor Swiss relative	p. 76
Ladins, minorities within a minority	p. 79
Savoy and Aosta, heart of the Arpitan people	p. 80
Wallonia, the survival of an Oil people	p. 84
Germanic people
Alsace, land of the Alamanni	p. 86
Frisia, nostalgic people of the North Sea	p. 90
Flanders, the long march towards emancipation	p. 96
South Tyrol, Austrians at heart	p. 98
The Faroe Islands, insurmountable archipelago of the Atlantic	p. 100
Slavic people
Kashubia, the Slavs of the Baltics	p. 102
Sorbia, rebirth after oppression	p. 104
Basque people
The Basque Country, always fighting for their rights	p. 108
Finno-Ugric and Altaic people
Sápmi, shepherds of the Boreal Lands	p. 112
Gagauzia, the Christian Turks of Europe	p. 116
National Minorities and New Claims
Emblematic national minorities:
The Swedes of Finland and the Åland Islands	p. 120
The Germans of Eastern Europe	p. 122
The Hungarians of Romania, Slovakia…	p. 124
The Aromanians, dispersed in the Balkans	p. 126
The regions seeking identity:
Iberian peninsula, the model of autonomy	p. 128
Northern Italy, union of the Gallo-ltalic people	p. 130
Scania, torn between Danish and Swedish cultures	p. 132
Silesia, mosaic of central European people	p. 134
Moravia, no to assimilation!	p. 136
Ingrians, Votes, Livonians, Vñro and Seto	p. 138
Former Minorities, New States
1989: the story of a quest for independence:
The Baltic adventure	p. 142
Ukraine, the Orange Revolution	p. 144
Czechs and Slovakians, the peaceful schism	p. 145
Moldova and Transnistha	p. 146
Yugoslavia, soul of the Balkans	p. 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
Bibliography	p. 154
Internet sites	p. 156
Notes	p. 157
Authors/Photo credits	p. 158
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