Bulletin n. 2-3/2013
February 2014
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Roland Flamini
    Scotland’s Independence Bid: History, Prospects, Challenges
    in World Affairs , Vol. 17, n. 3, May / June ,  2013
    At exactly 17:14 on the evening of September 15, 2012, in Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium, thousands of fans at a packed soccer game stood up as one and chanted, “Independence!” The timing was chosen to coincide with the year 1714, when Spanish troops annexed Catalonia—of which Barcelona is the capital—to Spain. Catalonia has its own distinct language and culture, and Catalan activists have been fanning the flames of separatism ever since.
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