Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis This subject examines separatist movements with focus on Euskadi (Basque homeland), Breiz (Brittany), Corsica, Lombardia, Flanders, Scotland and Wales, and gives some attention to other areas. For each region there will be a consideration of the historical, cultural and linguistic background; roots and antecedents of current parties and armed offshoots. Contemporary separatisms will be located philosophically within theories of nationalism, and related to the momentum for European unity which paradoxically encourages a `Europe of the Regions'. Ethnic loyalties, multiple loyalties, the language question, and economic factors will in each case be addressed.
Assessment Written (4000 words): 90% + Examinations (1 hour): 10%