TY  - JOUR
IS  - 1
TI  - Katalán tanulságok a Kárpát-medence számára
KW  - Társadalomtudomány
KW  -  Politikatudomány
SP  - 75
UR  - http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/29932/
N2  - The  21st  century  is  the  age  of globalisation,  of  connections  between  cultures  and  civilisations representing  different  values  and  value  systems.  The  Westfalian  international  system  based  on  the principle  of the  exclusivity and omnipotence of state  entities has been transformed and has largely disappeared.  The  notion  of  the  Nation  State,  which  dates  back  to  the  18th  and  19th  centuries  and conveys the concept of homogenity, has also lost its validity. At  the  end  of  the  20th century  the  processes  aiming  at  democracy  and principle  of  subsidiarity had  a  significant  influence  on  the  state  structure  in  the  three  semi-peripherical  areas  of  the  word. The transformation in the Spanish state-system calls attention to its importance. Between 1979 and 1983, in the first phase of the institutional development of the democratic parliamentary monarchy which displaced the Franco system, Spain saw the realisation of a democratically regulated coexistence  between  the  state  (the  Kingdom  of  Spain),  historical  nations  possessing  their  own  language (Basque, Galician, Catalan, Valencian), and regions  without a  history (Cantabria,  Asturiass, Extremadura,  Madrid,  Murcia,  La  Rioja  etc.). In  Spain  the  population  is  made  up  of  20%  Catalans, 6% Basques, 2,5% Galicians,and 2,5% Valencians. It  is  a  fact  that  by  creating  an autonomy  model  resting  on  cooperation  between  seventeen  self-governing communities, the Spanish new democracy has played an exemplary role in the solution of a  centuries-old  ethno-regional  problem.  The  system  formed  between  1979  and  1983  has  proved  to be viable to the present day. The  relative  stability  of  a  democratic  state  structure  in  the  historical  sense  does  not  preclude change. The institutional system is in a process of constant motion. Changes pointing from the semi-federalism  of  autonomous  communities  to  federalism,  which  are  based  on  national  and  cultural identities, have markedly accelerated from the second half of the 1990s. In July 2006, they led to the passing  of  the  new  Autonomy  Statute  of  Catalonia.  The  separation  of  the  autonomous  province, which has gained independent nation status and the formation of an independent state with the capital of Barcelona has presented itself as a realistic alternative. At the same time, current events and processes in Spain provide important lessons for the autonomy aspirations of national minorities in the Carpathian basin. The Spanish-Catalan solution involving  the  notion  of  the  concept  of  the  cultural  nation  may  bring  official  attention  to  the  issue  of  the validity and feasibility of this model  in the  case of the  minorities in the  multinational  states of our region.  The  reality  of  political  self-government,  territorial  autonomy,  the  preservation  of  identity and  its  connection  to  the  official  use  of  language  as  well  as  the  creation  and  maintenance  of  the necessary institutional framework calls attention to the practicability of a democratic state-formation practice already existing in the European Union.
AV  - public
VL  - 5
ID  - acta29932
A1  -  Szilágyi István
SN  - 1789-6339
JF  - Közép-európai közlemények
Y1  - 2012///
N1  - Bibliogr.: 85. p.; Abstract
EP  - 85
ER  -