Explaining accommodation and resistance to demands for independence referendums in the UK and Spain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6306313 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Cetrà (0000-0002-2867-5339, University of Aberdeen and Centre on Constitutional Change Edinburgh UK, corresponding author), Malcolm Harvey (0000-0001-9133-8565, University of Aberdeen Aberdeen UK) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 607-629 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nations and Nationalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/nana.12417 |
| OpenAlex | W2795507574 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 32 |
| References cited | 44 |
This article examines why the UK Government accepted the 2014 Scottish independence referendum while the Spanish Government opposes a similar referendum in Catalonia. Adopting a most similar research design, we argue that the variation is best explained by perceived political opportunities by the two ruling parties. These are embedded in different conceptions of the state and constitutional designs, mostly mononational in Spain and mostly plurinational in the UK but multiple and contested in both cases. In Spain, vote‐seeking calculations incentivise the Popular Party to oppose a referendum, while its mononational conception of the state and the Spanish constitutional design provide a further constraint and a discursive justification for their position. In the UK, David Cameron's accommodating position was based on the view that the Scottish referendum was low risk – as support for independence was minimal – with a high reward: the annihilation of the independence demand. The Conservatives have recently adopted a more restrictive position because seeming political advantage has changed. The findings suggest that independence referendums will continue to be rare events
Economics · Government (linguistics · Independence (probability theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Referendum · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · State (computer science · Irish and British Studies · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration · Scottish History and National Identity
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Introduction
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| Unique citing works | 32 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 32 |