Cardiff University | Prifysgol Caerdydd ORCA
Online Research @ Cardiff 
WelshClear Cookie - decide language by browser settings

The rise of Catalan independence: Spain's territorial crisis

Dowling, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0674-4687 2017. The rise of Catalan independence: Spain's territorial crisis. Federalism Studies, Abingdon and New York: Routledge.

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

As recently as the mid-2000s, Catalonia was described and analysed by scholars as exhibiting a non-secessionist nationalism and was seen within Europe and beyond as a role model for successful devolution which had much to teach other parts of the world. The Spanish state seemed to be on a journey towards an authentic federal order and was generally admired. However, the new century has been marked by an ever-growing independence movement, with 47.8 per cent of Catalonia voting in favour of independence in September 2015. Pro-independence mobilization has produced a rupture in political relations with the rest of Spain leading to a sovereignty struggle with Madrid. This book explores how an accumulation of long-, medium- and short-term factors have produced the current situation and why the Spanish territorial model has been unable or possibly, unwilling, to respond. The Catalan question is not purely a Spanish problem: it has direct implications for the traditional nation-state model, in Europe and beyond.

Item Type: Book
Book Type: Authored Book
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Modern Languages
Additional Information: Note: copyright year in book is 2018.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781472459848
Last Modified: 02 Nov 2022 11:39
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/102715

Actions (repository staff only)

Edit Item Edit Item