Almost six years after the peak of the process and with two years of pandemic in between, the events that took place that autumn of 2017 in Catalonia, those that preceded it and those that followed it, continue to inspire authors, essentially journalists, who They try to shed more light on the most serious Spanish territorial crisis in recent decades. Titles like The Wall, The Catalan Bourgeoisie, The Uprising or Free Yourselves! deal with the issue more or less directly, while other works such as Convergència or L’última conversa treat it more tangentially.
The Catalan question as a theme will share a presence in the book stops of this Sant Jordi 2023 with the concern for the health of democracy, particularly the Spanish one but also throughout the globe, besieged by technology, political polarization and the rise of the populisms, without forgetting political biographies such as that of Francesc Cambó, Salvador Illa’s reflections on the pandemic or how difficult it is to talk about ETA in the Basque Country even 12 years after the end of violence. Good reading!
The deputy director of La Vanguardia now turns the focus towards Madrid to recount the process and reveals why some of the decisions that marked the course of events were made and reveals still unpublished information.
The assistant to the director of La Vanguardia reviews the political and economic behavior of the Catalan bourgeoisie from 2010 to today, without forgetting its role in October 1, far from the discourse that had decreed its disappearance.
The journalist makes his debut in the thriller genre, recounting an electoral campaign riddled with mystery and in which several murders take place. With a dose of humor, Aira draws parallels with Catalan politics.
Starting from the 1-O trial, the journalist investigates and analyzes the reasons that prompted the process in Catalonia and the subsequent consequences. In addition, she deals with the link between the independence movement and international actors.
Historical tour of CDC, which addresses the leadership of Jordi Pujol and the successive stage with Artur Mas. It gives clues about the independence mutation of a political space weighed down by corruption, which ends up dissolved and fragmented.
The book reproduces the meeting between Jordi Pujol and the Japanese Catalan writer Ko Tazawa, now deceased, last summer in Queralbs. Both reflect on issues such as identity, language, geopolitics and energy.
The number 2 of the PP for mayor of Barcelona offers a plea of ​​liberal values ​​and against populism. He analyzes the failure of what he describes as the “politics of indignation” and prescribes a defense of the pillars of freedom as a solution.
The current leader of the PSC recounts in first person how he lived and managed the pandemic as Minister of Health in 2020. It is the chronicle of critical months in which serious decisions had to be made in the face of constant obstacles.
Portrait of the co-founder and leader of the Lliga in the Catalan and Spanish spheres in the 1930s. A renowned parliamentarian and influential Catalan supporter, the book reviews the personal and political trajectory of the person who ended up supporting Francoism.
This essay gives keys to understand the current political polarization in Spain. It analyzes the reasons, which are due to economic factors and the behavior of political parties, and prescribes possible solutions to undertake.
The computer engineer warns of the danger posed to democracy by the control of data exercised by States and companies through technology. He calls for a regulation that protects individual rights.
The political scientist analyzes how citizens act in politics from a psychological perspective. He portrays a democracy turned into a faction war and a society in which identity plays a decisive role.
A chronicle of the first steps of Podemos up to the institutions narrated by a dismissed ex-leader. From fresh air, Pascual explains, he went to old practices that wore down the game and faced Iglesias and Errejón.
This young historian reflects on what ETA was and how it is forgetting what happened by leaps and bounds and points out how even today in the Basque Country talking about terrorism continues to be a taboo.
It addresses the relationship between the Franco regime and the territorial diversity of the State with the thesis that there was a certain receptivity to combine the differential facts. Review issues such as folklore or the role of languages.
