Recent Publications
2017-2016
Holesch, Adam. 2016. "What holds a multinational state together? The political stability of the Spanish 'State of Autonomies'" PhD Thesis. Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
Kraus, Peter & Vergés Gifra, Joan (eds.). (forthcoming in 2017). The Catalan Process: A New Approach to Sovereignty, Self-Determination and Democracy. Barcelona: IEA.
Riera, Elvira. 2017. Why Languages Matter to People. Communication, identity and justice in western democracies: the case of mixed societies. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya. Institut d’Estudis de l’Autogovern. Col·lecció Institut d'Estudis de l’Autogovern, 2.
Serrano, Ivan, and Albert Bonillo. 2016. ‘Boundary Shifts and Vote Alignment in Catalonia’. Ethnicities, 1–21, Advance online publication.
Ungureanu, Camil. 2017. Contemporary Political Philosophy and Religion, monograph co-authored with P. Monti (forthcoming), Routledge.
Ungureanu, Camil. 2017. Habermas lector de filósofos, book co-edited with D. Gamper (forthcoming), Katz.
Ungureanu, Camil, 2017 “Habermas lector de Derrida”, book chapter in Ungureanu, Camil Habermas lector de filósofos, book co-edited with Daniel Gamper (forthcoming) Katz.
Ungureanu, Camil. 2017. “Beyond Habermas?” The European Legacy, 4, special issue co-edited with P. Monti (forthcoming).
Ungureanu, Camil. 2017. "Michel Houellebecq´s shifting representation of Islam: from the death of God to counter-Enlightenment", in Philosophy and Social Criticism, 4 (forthcoming).
Ungureanu, Camil. 2016. Cinema and Sacrifice, book co-edited with C. Bradatan, Routledge.
Ungureanu, Camil. 2016. “Sacrifice, Violence, and the Limits of Moral Representations in Haneke’s Hidden, book chapter in Ungureanu Camil, Cinema and Sacrifice, book co-edited with Costica Bradatan, Routledge.
Ungureanu, Camil. 2016. Democracy, Law and Religious Pluralism in the New Europe: Secularism and Post-secularism, book co-edited with F. Requejo (paperback edition), Routledge.
Vergés Gifra, Joan. (forthcoming in 2017). Rawls. Barcelona: RBA.
Vergés Gifra, Joan. (forthcoming in 2017). "The Unfeasibly Narrow Rawlsian Interpretation of Fraternity", Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory.
Vergés Gifra, Joan. (forthcoming in 2017). "Liberté, egalité y... ¿cómo se llamaba el tercero, hermano?. Arbor-CSIC.
Vergés Gifra, Joan. 2016. "Ésser i procés: sobirania, fragilitat, temps". Idees: Revista de temes contemporanis. 42: 82-100.
Vergés Gifra, Joan. 2016. "Two Renaissance Texts and the Paradoxical Foundation of an Atheist by Default Europe". In Miriam Diez, Jordi Sánchez (eds.), Atheism and Literature in Europe, Barcelona: Blanquerna Ramon Llull.
2015
Morales, Sergi, and Ivan Serrano. 2015. Autodeterminación en contextos democráticos: el Reino Unido y España. Federalismo, autonomía y soberanía en el debate territorial español. El caso catalán . Jorge Cagiao & Vianney Martin. (Eds). Paris: Éditions Le Manuscrit.
Requejo, Ferran, 2015, “National Pluralism, Recognition, Federalism and Secession (or Hegel was a clever guy)”, in Alain-G. Gagnon, Soeren Keil and Sean Mueller (eds) Understanding Federalism and Federation, Ashgate 2015: 157-176
Requejo, Ferran, 2015 ”Political legitimacy and secessions in European plurinational democracies. The Catalan Case” in Stephen Lütgenau (ed), Secession in EU Member States.Trends, Strategies, Political and Legal Framework, Foster Europe International Studies Series, vol 4 (forthcoming)
Requejo, Ferran, 2015 “Recognition and Political Accommodation: from Regionalism to Secessionism”, in Jean François Grégoire-M. Jewkes (eds), Recognition and Redistribution in Multinational Federations, (with M. Sanjaume), Leuven University Press, Leuven, 2015: 107-132
Requejo, Ferran, 2015 “Refining political liberty and democratic liberalism in nationally diverse societies”, in Renata Urtz (ed), The Tragedy of Liberty, Eleven International Publishing, The Hague, 2015: 151-170
Requejo, Ferran, 2015, “Paraules introductòries del president de la sessió”, in J. Sobrequés (dir), Vàrem mirar ben lluny del desert, Centre d’Història Contemporània de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2015: 51-54
Requejo, Ferran, 2015, “Plurinational Federalism. A Comparative Approach”, In Igor Calzada-J. Bildarra (eds), Barrikuntza Politikon Innovación Política, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV), 2015: 185-203
Rocher, François & Riera, Elvira. 2015. “Els drets de la minoria de llengua anglesa en un Quebec independent: un exemple a seguir per Catalunya?” In: Fòrum sobre el Dret a Decidir (II): Els drets de les minories. La construcció jurídica i política del dret a decidir, p. 11-60. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya. Institut d’Estudis Autonòmics. col·lecció Institut d’Estudis Autonòmics, 94.
Serrano, Ivan. 2015. ‘Catalonia, a Failure of Accommodation?’ In Catalonia in Spain and Europe, 97–113. Klaus-Jürgen Nagel & Stephan Rixen (Eds). Baden-Baden: Nomos.
Ungureanu, Camil. 2015. Law, State and Religion in the New Europe, book co-edited with L. Zucca, Cambridge University Press (paperback edition; http://www.amazon.co.uk/Law-State-Religion-New-Europe/dp/110753626X).
Ungureanu, Camil. 2015. Post-Secularism: Between Public Reason and Transcendence, The European Legacy, 20(2), special issue co-edited with L. Thomassen.
Ungureanu, Camil. 2015. "Cinema and Sacrifice: new variations on an old theme", Angelaki. Journal for Theoretical Humanities, 19(4), special issue co-edited with C. Bradatan.
Ungureanu, Camil. 2015. "Aesthetization of violence and moral ambivalence of self-sacrifice in Charlie Brooker´s National Anthem", in Journal of European Studies, 45(1).
Unugreanu, Camil. 2015. "The Post-secular Debate: Introductory Remarks", in The European Legacy, 20(2) (with L. Thomassen).10.1080/10848770.2015.1006928
Unugreanu, Camil 2015. “Europe and religion: an ambivalent relation”. In Lorenzo Zucca, L. & Ungureanu, C. (eds) Law, State, and Religion in the New Europe, Cambridge University Press.
Ungureanu, Camil. 2015. “Introduction”, introductory chapter in Lorenzo Zucca and Camil Ungureanu, (eds) Law, State, and Religion in the New Europe, Cambridge University Press.
Vergés Gifra, Joan. 2015. "Religion without Dworkin". The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms 20 (2): 165-169.
2014
Holesch, Adam; Nagel, Klaus-Jürgen. 2014. “Die spanische Gemeindeverfassung zwischen zentralstaatlicher Lenkung und regionaler Schwäche”, In Gemeinden im Europäischen Mehrebenensystem: Herausforderungen im 21. Jahrhundert, edited by Elisabeth Alber and Carolin Zwilling, 77-104. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
Requejo, Ferran (ed. with K.J. Nagel), 2014. “Politics of Religion and Nationalism. Federalism, Consociationalism and Secession”, Routledge, London-New York
Requejo, Ferran (ed. with C. Ungureanu) 2014 Democracy Law and Religious Pluralism in Europe: Secularism and Post-Secularism, Routledge, London-New York
Requejo, Ferran, (with M. Caminal), 2014 “Political Liberalism and Plurinational Democracies”, Routledge, London-New York
Requejo, Ferran, 2014, “Religions and Liberal Democracies” in F. Requejo-C. Ungureanu (eds), Democracy Law and Religious Pluralism in Europe: Secularism and Post-Secularism, Routledge, London-New York, 2014: 200-213
Requejo, Ferran, 2014 “Religion and Nationalism: Friends or Foes?” in F.Requejo-K.J. Nagel (eds), Politics of Religion and Nationalism. Federalism, Consociationalism and Secession, Routledge, London-New York 2014 (with K.J Nagel)
Requejo, Ferran: “Catalunya, del model autonòmic a la perspectiva de la independència”, VVAA, Eines d’Estat, Institut d’Estudis Ilerdencs, Lleida, 2014: 65-81
Sanjaume, Marc; and Pérez-Lozano, Lluís. 2014. “Catalanismo, derecho a decidir y escenarios de futuro”. In Cataluña en la encrucijada. Las elecciones catalanas de 2012, edited by Toni Rodon and Lluís Orriols, 203-219. Madrid: Marcial Pons.
Serrano, Ivan. 2014. ‘Sorolls i Silencis.: El Debat Públic a Catalunya.’ L’Espill, no. 45: 85–90.
Ungureanu, Camil. 2014. Religion in European Cinema. The Postnational Constellation, book co-edited with C. Bradatan, Routledge.
Ungureanu, Camil. 2014. "Dworkin´s Last Word: Religion without God", review essay in Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies, 13(38).
Ungureanu, Camil. 2014. "Uses and Abuses of Postsecularism. An Introduction", book chapter F. Requejo and C. Ungureanu (eds.) Democracy, Law and Religious Pluralism in Europe. Secularism and Post-secularism, Routledge.
Ungureanu, Camil. 2014. "The conundrum of pluralism and the doctrine of the margin of appreciation: the crucifix "affair" and the ambivalence of the ECtHR " book chapter co-authored with M. Iglesias Vila) in F. Requejo and C. Ungureanu (eds.) Democracy, Law and Religious Pluralism in Europe. Secularism and Post-secularism, Routledge.
Ungureanu, Camil. 2014."What's the use of postsecularism? Conceptual clarifications and two illustrations", book chapter in Ungureanu C. Religion in European Cinema. The Postnational Constellation (co-edited with C. Bradatan), Routledge.
Ungureanu, Camil. 2014. "Religion against Religion in Lars von Trier", book chapter in Ungureanu, C. (ed) Religion in European Cinema. The Postnational Constellation (co-edited with C. Bradatan), Routledge.
Ungureanu, Camil. 2014. "Sacrifice, Violence, and the Limits of Moral Representation Haneke´s Caché", article in Angelaki. Journal of Theoretical Humanities, 19(4).
Vergés Gifra, Joan. 2014. La nació necessària: llengua, secessió i democràcia. Barcelona: Angle Editorial.
Vergés Gifra, Joan. 2014. "A typology of arguments in defense of a coercive language policy". Ethnic and Racial Studies 37 (2): 204-221.
2013
Holesch, Adam. 2013. “Collective identity in the European Union“, World Tensions 9/19, 65-83.
Pérez-Lozano, Lluís; and Sanjaume, Marc. 2013. "Legalizing secession: the Catalan case". Journal of Conflictology 4 (2): 3 – 12.
Requejo, Ferran, 2013 “Plurinational Federalism and Political Theory”, in J.Loughlin-J.Kincaid-W.Swenden (eds), The Routledge Handbook on Regionalism and Federalism, Routledge, Abingdon-New York, 2013: 34-44.
Requejo, Ferran, 2013,“Secession and liberal democracy. The case of the Basque Country”, in Aleksandar Pavkovic (ed), Secessionism and Separatism in Europe and Asia: To Have a State of One's Own, Routledge 2013: 110-126 (with Marc Sanjaume)
Requejo, Ferran, 2013, “Identitat nacional, autogovern i autodeterminació. Catalunya al segle XXI: de l’autonomia ... a la independència?”, in J. Albareda (ed), Catalunya. Nació d’Europa (1714-2014), Enciclopèdia Catalana, Barcelona, 2013, vol 3: 246-257.
Requejo, Ferran, 2013, “Las democracias liberales y el Pluralismo Nacional. El caso de Cataluña: del Federalismo a la Independencia”, en J. V. Katarain (ed), Cataluña ¿Un nuevo Estado?, Pais Vasco ¿Un nuevo estado?, Ed Oveja Negra, Bogotá, Colombia, 2013: 31-45.
Requejo, Ferran, 2013,“Cosmopolitan Justice and Minority Rights: The Case of Minority Nations (or Kant again, but different)”, in JeanChristopher Merle (ed), Spheres of Global Justice: Vol 1. Global Challenges to Liberal Democracy. Political Participation, Minorities and Migrations, Springer Science, Dordrecht, 2013: 279-290. (also published in Journal of Ethics, Issue 3, 2012: 83-98)
Riera, Elvira. 2013. “Sobre el concepte polític de llengua comuna. Una aproximació teòrica i comparada”. On the political concept of common language: a theoretical and comparative approach. In: Revista de Llengua i Dret, número 60, p. 91-110. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya. Escola d’Administració Pública de Catalunya.
Riera, Elvira. 2013. “Una federació necessita una llengua comuna?”. In: Political Theory Working Papers, 14, July 2013. Barcelona: Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques i Socials. Grup de Recerca en Teoria Política.
Serrano, Ivan. 2013. De la nació a l’estat. Barcelona: Angle.
Serrano, Ivan. 2013. ‘Just a Matter of Identity? Support for Independence in Catalonia’. Regional & Federal Studies 23 (5): 523-545.
Serrano, Ivan. 2013. ‘Secession in Catalonia: Beyond Identity?’ Ethnopolitics 12 (4): 405–409.
Ungureanu, Camil. 2013. "Bourdieu and Derrida on Gift: Beyond ´Double Truth´and Paradox", article in Human Studies, 36 (3).
Ungureanu, Camil. 2013. "Derrida´s Tense Bow", article in The European Legacy, 4(32).
Ungureanu, Camil. 2013. “Razón pública, religión y traducción: prospectivas y límites del postsecularismo de Habermas”, in Revista Española de Ciencia Política, 1/32.
Vergés Gifra, Joan. 2013. "Methodological Eclecticism in Practical Philosophy: Why it Would Be Better to Avoid It". International Philosophical Quarterly 53 (2): 131-146.
Vergés Gifra, Joan. 2013. "God does not exist but the Holy Mother of Montserrat does: A reasonable defense of asymmetric positive laicism". Archiv für Sozial und Rechtsphilosophie 99 (2): 186-200.
2012
Holesch, Adam; Nagel, Klaus-Jürgen. 2012. „Educational policy in Spain – a federal illusion?”, UPF Working paper 2/2012.
Holesch, Adam; Nagel, Klaus-Jürgen. 2012. "Bildungsföderalismus in Spanien?", in: Bildungspolitik in Föderalstaaten und der Europäischen Union: Does Federalism Matter?, edited by Rudolf Hrbek, Martin Grosse Hüttmann and Josef Schmid, 118-152, Baden-Baden: Nomos.
Requejo, Ferran (ed. with M. Caminal), 2012 “Federalism, Plurinationality and Democratic Constitutionalism: Theory and cases”, Routledge, London-New York
J. Tully, J.McGarry, B. O'Leary, A. Gagnon, G. Laforest, W. Swenden, P. Resnick, S. Tierney, G. Mathew, P. Dardanelli, F. Barrios, A. Obydenkova, M. Caminal and F. Requejo, 2010 (Catalan version) “Federalisme i plurinacionalitat. Teoria i anàlis de casos”, Institut d’Estudis Autonòmics
Requejo, Ferran, (with R. Valls) 2012, “La legitimidad en las democracias del siglo XXI. Un giro hegeliano”, Editorial Académica Española, Lap Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH & Co., Saarbrücken, Germany
J.Jordana-V.Navarro-F.Pallarés-F.Requejo (eds), 2012, “Democràcia, Política i Societat. Llibre homenatge a R. Virós”, ed. UPF, Barcelona
Requejo, Ferran, 2012, “Three theories of liberalism for three theories of federalism: A Hegelian turn”, in M. Seymour - A. Gagnon (eds) (eds), Multinational Federalism. Problems and Prospects, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke-New York 2012: 45-68
Requejo, Ferran, 2012, “The lack of national pluralism in federal theory and federations: plurinational federalism in a comparative and value pluralist perspective”, in Ferran Requejo-Miquel Caminal (eds), Federalism, Plurinationality and Democratic Constitutionalism: Theory and cases, Routledge, London-New York 2012: 108-133.
Requejo, Ferran, 2012, “Democracy and Federalism in Plurinational Societies”, in F. Requejo-M.Caminal (eds), Federalism, Plurinationality and Democratic Constitutionalism: Theory and cases, Routledge, London-New York 2012: 1-13 (with M. Caminal)
Ungureanu, Camil. 2012. “El gusto del extremado: Baudrillard and Derrida sobre el terror y el terrorismo”. In ISEGORÍA. Revista de Filosofía Moral y Política, 46.
Ungureanu, Camil, 2012. “From confessionalism to positive secularity? The ambivalence of the Spanish approach to religious education”, book chapter in J. de Groof, J. & G. Lawers, Islam in State-funded Schools, The European Association for Education Law and Policy Publications (co-authored with D. Zavala-Rojas).
Ungureanu, Camil. 2012. “¿From methodological wars to methodological pluralism?” article in Revista Española de Ciencias Políticas, 4 (co-authored with D. Della Porta, R. Baubock, and I-L. Peña), 3/21.
Ungureanu, Camil. 2012. Law, State and Religion in New Europe, book co-edited with Lorenzo Zucca, (hardcover; http://www.amazon.co.uk/Law-State-Religion-New-Europe/dp/110753626X), Cambridge University Press.
Vergés Gifra, Joan. 2012. "La dificultat d'indignar-se: reflexions a propòsit del 15M". Qüestions de vida cristiana 243: 9-22.
2011
Requejo, Ferran, (with Jürgen Nagel), 2011, “Federalism beyond Federations: Asymmetry and Processes of Resymmetrization in Europe” Ashgate, UK
Requejo, Ferran, 2011“La fin de l’espoir fédéraliste en Catalogne”, in Guy Laforest-Michel Seymour (eds), Le Fédéralisme Multinational: Un modele viable?, Peter Lang, Bruxelles
Requejo, Ferran, 2011, “Liberal Democracy’s Timber is Still Too Straight: The Case of Political Models for Coexistence in Composite States”, in N.Walker-B.Shaw-S.Tierney (eds), Europe’s Constitutional Mosaic, Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2011: 231-249.
Requejo, Ferran, 2011, "Shadows of the Enlightenment. Refining pluralism in liberal democracies", in Ferran Requejo-Miquel Caminal (eds), Political Liberalism and Plurinational Democracies, Routledge, London-New York, 2011: 11-30
Requejo, Ferran, 2011, "Liberal democracies, national pluralism and federalism" in Ferran Requejo-Miquel Caminal (eds), Political Liberalism and Plurinational Democracies, Routledge, London-New York, 2011: 1-10
Requejo, Ferran, 2011, “Conclusions: Asymmetries and Decentralization Processes - Comparative Comments" F. Requejo - K.J. Nagel (eds), Federalism beyond Federations, Ashgate, UK, 2011: 249-268 (with K.J.Nagel)
Requejo, Ferran, 2011, “Democracias, nacionalismos y conflictos territoriales”, in M. Arenilla (coord.), La Administración Pública entre dos siglos. Libro homenaje a Mariano Baena, INAP, Madrid 2011: 185-202
Requejo, Ferran, 2011,“Defis à relever dans les démocraties plurinationales en ce début de XXI siècle" in A. Gagnon-F. Requejo (dir), Nations en quête de reconnaissance, Peter Lang, Bruxelles, 2011: 17-27 (with A.Gagnon)
(Catalan version, Institut d’Estudis Autonòmics, 2010: 21-31)
Requejo, Ferran, 2011, "Kant, Hegel et les démocraties plurinationales" in A. Gagnon-F. Requejo (dir), Nations en quête de reconnaissance, Peter Lang, Bruxelles, 2011: 31-50 (Catalan version, Institut d’Estudis Autonòmics, 2010: 35-54)
Riera, Elvira. 2011. “La intervenció en les competències, els usos, les ideologies: d’”El català, cosa de tots” a “El català, llengua comuna”. Intervention in language skills, usage and ideologies: from “Catalan belongs to everyone” to “Catalan, our common language”. In: Treballs de Sociolingüística Catalana, 21, p. 155-167. Barcelona: Societat Catalana de Sociolingüística, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Ungureanu, Camil. 2011. Habermas´ Discursive Theory of Law and Democracy, Vol. I-II, book co-edited with K. Gunther and Ch. Joerges, Ashgate.
Ungureanu, Camil. 2011. Religion in Democracy: A Dilemma of Modernity, edited book, Polirom (in Romanian).
Ungureanu, Camil. “Derrida on Decision: between Habermas’ Normativism and Schmitt’s Decisionism”, in Ungureanu (ed) Habermas´ Discursive Theory of Law and Democracy, vol. II (co-edited with Klaus Gunther and Christian Joerges, Ashgate.