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In recent years the debate on territorial organization of political power in Spain has become particularly intense. The failure of the political process of reform of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia and the current debate over the right to decide, or the problems associated with the Basque context, raise many questions about the future. This paper attempts to relate some concepts of contemporary political theory with that scenario, focusing on issues such as constitutional recognition of the right of secession or proposals for multinational federalism. To do this, we review different theoretical approaches to the phenomenon of multinationality and present some considerations on the possible reform and/or reinterpretation of Spanish law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present researching paper analyses the contributions of three recent books on American neoconservatism, which provide us with a precise and updated framework of the current state of the researching carried out in this field. The authors focus their attention especially on the following points: the relationship between neoconservatism and American foreign policy —and, also, the Iraq War —; its characterization as "movement", "intellectual community" or "reactionary idealism", and its evolution by phases stemming back from the 60s of the past century; the issue of the influence exerted by Leo Strauss on the political neoconservative worldview; its interpretation as a form of American nationalism; and the relative importance of the jewish factor within neoconservatism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The cultural and linguistic unification of France was a long and difficult process, but it was also a very effective policy. While today nobody questions the monopoly of the French language, several ethnolinguistic movements claim the protection of regional cultures and languages through a specific education system. This paper compares the outcomes produced by these mobilisations through three patterns of institutionalisation: the centripetal model, the centrifugal model and the no institutionalisation model. By so doing, we intend to propose an analytical model of variables which orient collective action for the defence of regional languages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]