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Between accommodation and secession: Explaining the shifting territorial goals of nationalist parties in the Basque Country and Catalonia

Elias, Anwen ; Mees, Ludger

Revista d'estudis autonòmics i federals, 2017-04, Vol.2017 (25), p.129-165 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Institut d'Estudis de l'Autogovern

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  • Título:
    Between accommodation and secession: Explaining the shifting territorial goals of nationalist parties in the Basque Country and Catalonia
  • Autor: Elias, Anwen ; Mees, Ludger
  • Assuntos: Basque Country ; Catalonia ; Nationalism ; party strategies ; Regional autonomy ; Spain ; Territorial goals
  • É parte de: Revista d'estudis autonòmics i federals, 2017-04, Vol.2017 (25), p.129-165
  • Descrição: This article examines the shifting  territorial goals of two of the most electoral- ly successful and politically relevant nationalist parties in Spain: the Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV) and Convergència i Unió (CiU). Whilst both parties have often co-operated to challenge the authority of the Spanish state, their territorial goals have varied over time and from party to party. We map these changes and identify key drivers of territorial preferences; these include party ideology, the impact of the financial crisis, the territorial structure of the state, party competition, public opinion, government versus opposition, the impact of multi-level politics and the particularities of party organisation. These factors interact to shape what nationalist parties say and do on core territorial issues, and contribute to their oscillation between territorial accommodation and secession.  However, the way in which these factors play out is highly context-specific, and this accounts for the different territorial preferences of the PNV and CiU. These findings  advance our understanding of persistent territorial tensions in Spain, and provide  broader theoretical insights into the internal and external dynamics  that determine the territorial positioning of stateless nationalist and regionalist parties in plurinational states.
  • Editor: Institut d'Estudis de l'Autogovern
  • Idioma: Catalão

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