Accounting for the turn towards secession in Catalonia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12935981 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Dowling (0000-0003-0674-4687, Cardiff University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 219-234 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Iberian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1758-9150 • E-ISSN: 1364-971X |
| Publisher | Intellect (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/ijis.27.2-3.219_1 |
| OpenAlex | W2317444638 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
Since the mid-2000s, the Catalan secessionist movement has become a key protagonist in the territory’s political landscape, moving from the margins to become the axis of political dispute. This article contextualizes this change and argues that its emergence can be accounted for by a series of structural changes, which include the evolution of Catalonia’s weight within Spain, identity shifts and comparative economic decline. The discrediting of once dominant political ideologies has intensified following the post-2008 economic crisis, which has resulted in a moderate pro-independence movement successfully subsuming a full range of grievances
Catalan · Economics · Economy · Humanities · Ideology · Independence (probability theory · Movement (music · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Secession · Historical Studies of British Isles · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Scottish History and National Identity
Indexing political identity in the Catalonian procés
The framing of news reports on the Catalonian referendum in two leading British newspapers
Narratives of the Process
Spain steals from us!’ The ‘populist drift’ of Catalan regionalism
New parties’ linkages with external groups and civil society in Spain
Je suis souverainiste, moi non plus
Europe in the Procés
Conflict in Catalonia
The Relevance of Language as a Predictor of the Will for Independence in Catalonia in 1996 and 2020
The Catalan Syndrome? Revisiting the Relationship Between Income and Support for Independence in Catalonia
A bourgeois story? The class basis of Catalan independentism
Do Catalans have ‘the right to decide’? Secession, legitimacy and democracy in twenty-first century Europe
The 2017 Regional Election in Catalonia
Resolving the social-democratic dilemma? Andalusia under pressure (2011–15)
Explaining change in linguistic voting
Boundary shifts and vote alignment in Catalonia
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |