Thanks! I do not know Spanish so I will not understand the thesis but
the stats that you advised me to consult are OK.
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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "marcelmiquelcat"
<marcelmiquel@c...> wrote:
> Dear Evgeny,
>
> For Llívia, you can find all the stats about economics, population,
> social activities... at
>
> http://www.idescat.net/en/
>
> Select "your town" and then "Llívia" on "municipis". You can find
> all you want.
>
> Also, you can obtain a .pdf file with a large amount of stats
> selecting "territory" and then "municipal files". Find the Llívia
> municipality. You can see the stats on HTML or obtain a .pdf file.
>
> Tell me if you have problems with translations. I can help you.
>
> It could be useful a thesis available on the web at:
>
> http://www.tdx.cesca.es/TDX-0604103-172831/
>
> Abstract
>
> Half of France, half of Spain or Catalan Cerdanya? Boundaries,
> national identities and space of sociability in a Pirinean region
> Albert Moncusí Ferré
>
> This thesis has by objective the comprehension of the current impact
> of the border division in a Pyrenean region (the Cerdanya valley)
> crossed by the spanish-french border since 1659. The text has three
> parts. The first one (chapters 1 and 2) presents objectives and
> methodology of the research. The same part tells the theoretical
> position of the thesis, departing of the arguments of several
> authors. The second part (chapters 3 and 4) sets the Cerdanya in the
> context of processes of terciarisation, urbanisation, nationalisation
> and European unification, which the population of Cerdanya has
> experimented. Finally, the third part (chapters 5 and 6) analyses
> population's strategies, practical, speeches and interplay situations
> in relationship to the topic of national identities and international
> frontier. The supported thesis is that terciarisation, urbanisation,
> nationalisation and European unification have favoured that
> international frontier is a symbolical and unavoidable fact.
> Interplay situations reproduce the border symbolical existence by the
> construction of daily life around and national identities and the
> border as a reality.
>
>
> marcel
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Evgeny Vinokurov"
> <evgeny@v...> wrote:
> > Dear BP members, after being a passive reader of the forum for three
> > years I want to join the club. I am working on enclaves and exclaves
> > trying to come up with a more general political and economic theory.
> > In this work profited a great deal from the forum and from the
> > individual sites (Rolf, Jan and others!) The field is totally
> > underresearched in the academic literature (one of the notable
> > exceptions is Brendan Whyte with his excellent books on Cooch Behar
> > and Baarle) so you are the pioneers!
> > What I really need to be able to more forward is to complete the
> > tables of statistics which contain data on enclaves' geography,
> > politics, and economics. You can find this Excel file under
> > http://www.vinokurov.info/enclaves.htm. Hopefully you will find it
> > interesting. I would appreciate if you could provide me with any
> > supplementary data: the size and composition of the population,
> > economic activities, distance to mainland etc.
> > Regards,
> > Evgeny