Shades of solidarity
Comparing Scottish and Flemish responses to Catalonia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12575780 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judith Sijstermans (0000-0002-5082-6877, University of Birmingham, corresponding author), Coree Brown Swan (0000-0002-7448-5966, Centre on Constitutional Change, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 161-181 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Regional & Federal Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-7566 • E-ISSN: 1743-9434 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13597566.2021.1881064 |
| OpenAlex | W3127784752 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 39 |
On 1 October 2017, Catalans went to the polls to vote on independence. Catalan independentists called for international, particularly European, support. EU leaders remained wary, but representatives of Europe’s sub-state nationalist parties flocked to Barcelona to express their solidarity. In this article, we show that the Scottish National Party’s support was both less cohesive and less intense than the more assertive expression of solidarity from the Flemish Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie. We consider party interactions in the European context through the lens of transnational solidarity. We find that solidarity is refracted through intra-party dynamics, domestic policy debates, and the historical trajectories of parties in the European context. Existing international relationships provide arenas for interaction, but ultimately domestic opportunities conditioned parties’ responses to the Catalan referendum. This meaningful, albeit contingent, solidarity between sub-state nationalists is worthy of exploration in the context of ongoing Catalan and Scottish independence processes
Catalan · Context (archaeology · Flemish · Geography · Humanities · Independence (probability theory · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Referendum · Sociology · Solidarity · State (computer science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Political Systems and Governance
Solidarity in the European Union
Transnational Solidarities
Regional Sub-State Diplomacy from a Comparative Perspective
The Concept of Solidarity
Brexit and Scotland
Explaining Regionalist Party Positioning in a Multi-dimensional Ideological Space
The Rise and Fall of a ‘Europe of the Regions’
The Shrinking Political Space of Minority Nationalist Parties in an Enlarged Europe of the Regions
A Quarter Century of the Europe of the Regions
Going Solo
Introduction
What Do Subnational Offices Think They Are Doing in Brussels
The 2017 Catalan Independence Referendum
The Scottish National Party And The European Parliament
Language and Politics
Social movements and the changing structure of political opportunity in the European union 1
The Consolidation of Europarties? The ‘Party Regulation’ and the Development of Political Parties in the European Union
"Second Thoughts on Europe's "Third Level
"Europe of the Regions" and the Federalization of Europe
Is anybody listening? The Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee and their quest for awareness
Sub‐National Mobilization and European Integration
Regional Voices in the European Union
Solidarity in Europe
European Integration and Ethnoregionalist Parties
Born again, or born anew
Limited institutional change in an international organization
Bridging Global Divides
European Integration and the Nationalities Question
Framing Processes and Social Movements
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |