The Rise of Catalan Independence: Spain's Territorial Crisis Contributor(s): Dowling, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138587702 ISBN-13: 9781138587700 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
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BISAC Categories: - Political Science |
Series: Federalism Studies |
Physical Information: (0.64 lbs) 204 pages |
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Publisher 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. |