Jura Separatism in SwitzerlandThis case study of nationalism in the Jura region of Switzerland raises issues specific to the area as well as broader geographic and political questions. The author examines nationalist feeling and activity throughout the region in the context of the environmental, religious, and socio-economic background. Special emphasis is given to analyzing 20th-century developments and ways in which separatist tendencies--which are an issue in other societies such as Northern Ireland and Quebec--can be resolved through consensual methods. |
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The Bernese Jura as a Subject for Study | 1 |
The Physical and Human Geography of the Bernese Jura | 16 |
The Economic Geography of the Bernese Jura | 36 |
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1974 referendum agricultural anti-separatist appear Appendix areas Autochthonism Bernese government Bernese immigration Bernese Jura Bessire Biel Birse bishopric of Basle Canton Berne Canton Jura Catholic Catholicism census cent century Chapter citizenship Courtelary culture degree Delémont depopulation district of Courtelary earlier economic Ederswiler establishment existence former Bernese Jura Franches-Montagnes French language French-speaking Jurassians Fribourg geographical factors German German-speaking German-Swiss gorges de Moutier government of Canton Graubünden inhabitants Jura mountain Jura mountain range Jura range Jura separatism Jurassian commune Jurassian Separatist Movement La Neuveville large numbers Laufen district linguistic majority Mittelland Montagne Moutier Neuveville North Jura northern official Old Canton political population Porrentruy district present-day Protestant R˛ value region regression relationship religious result Romansh separatist feeling settlement significant six French-speaking districts Solothurn South Jura St-Imier subsequently suggested Swiss canton Swiss citizens Swiss Confederation Swiss Federal Switzerland Table town Valais valleys vote in favour watch industry writer