The Rise of Catalan Independence : Spain’s Territorial Crisis Paperback / softback
by Andrew (Cardiff University) Dowling
Part of the Federalism Studies series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:204 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:08/03/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781138587700
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:204 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:08/03/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781138587700
