Section: Research Student Profiles

Dani Cetrą

Name
Dani Cetrą
Organisation
Sociology, School of Social and Political Science
University of Edinburgh
Address
Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square Edinburgh UK EH8 9LD
E-Mail
Research Interests
Nationalism and National Identity,Multiculturalism,Political Sociology,political theory,Territorial Politics
URL
http://www.sociology.ed.ac.uk/research_students/dani_cetra
Dani Cetrą

PhD Title 

Our Language, Our Rules? Political Liberalism and Contested Linguistic Claims in Catalonia and Flanders 

Qualifications

  • MSc with Distinction Nationalism Studies (University of Edinburgh, 2011)
  • BA in Political Science and the Administration (Pompeu Fabra University, 2010)

Supervisors

Research Interests

My research interests lie broadly in the study of nationalism and national identity, with particular interest in sub-state nations and the accommodation of national and cultural pluralism. My research will explore from a comparative perspective how the normative values that underpin the linguistic debates and policies in Catalonia and Flanders relate to the principles of political liberalism.

Research Group Membership

  • Ethnicity, Nationalism & National Identity Network (ENNIN)
  • Territorial Politics

Publications and Conference Papers

  • Cetrà, Dani and Martí, David 'Immigration and Linguistic Inclusion in Nationally Contested Societies: The Strategies of Catalan and Flemish Nationalist Elites', presented at 'Living Together in Diversity. National Societies in the Multicultural Age', Central European University (CEU), Budapest, 2012. 
  • Cetrà, Dani 'Our Language, Our Rules? Assessing the Compatibility between the Linguistic Regimes in Catalonia and Flanders and the Politico-Moral Principles of Liberalism', presented at the 22nd Annual ASEN Conference, 'Nationalism, Ethnicity and Boundaries', London School of Economics, 2012.
  • Cetrà, Dani 'Regulating Linguistic Pluralism. An Analysis of the Linguistic Policies carried out in Catalonia and Flanders', Addenda Review, Fall 2011. Available here

 

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