'Goodbye, Spain?': The Question of Independence for Catalonia (LSE Studies in Spanish History) - Softcover

Crameri, Kathryn

9781845197070: 'Goodbye, Spain?': The Question of Independence for Catalonia (LSE Studies in Spanish History)

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ISBN 10: 1845197070 ISBN 13: 9781845197070

Verlag: Liverpool University Press, 2014

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Support for independence in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia has risen significantly since 2005. Opinion polls confirm that the idea of holding a legally-binding referendum on independence is now supported by 80% of Catalans. Many commentators on nationalism in Western Europe had come to the conclusion that there was no serious threat to the established nation-states from secessionism within their borders. In The Identity of Nations (2007), Montserrat Guibernau wrote that decentralisation 'tames secessionism, both by offering significant power and resources to the national minorities it seeks to accommodate and by enticing regional political elites with the power, prestige and perks associated with devolution'. Scott Greer, in Nationalism and Self-Government (2007), wrote that secession seems unlikely in the Catalan case because the regional political elites have too much to lose by such a move and are most concerned with winning further autonomy in specific areas that stabilise their own hold on regional power -- a conclusion called into question by the recent radicalisation in Catalan politics and civil society. Causes for these striking changes in public sentiment include changes in the Catalan political landscape since 2003, problems of infrastructure, public apathy with the political process, disillusionment with the Spanish government, a rise in anti-Catalan feeling from other Spaniards (and a rise in anti-Spanish feeling among Catalans), the effects of the global financial crisis, and the bumpy ride experienced by Catalonias new Statute of Autonomy. One notable change has been a shift in the dominant discourse of Catalan nationalism from concerns regarding language, culture and identity toward the political and economic welfare of Catalans. These political and economic discourses have overlaid rather than replaced cultural aspects. Published in association with the Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies/Catalan Observatory.

Biograf�a del autor

Kathryn Crameri is Head of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Glasgow. Her published work covers Catalan culture, identity and nationalism, and includes Catalonia: National Identity and Cultural Policy 19802003 (University of Wales Press, 2008). Goodbye, Spain? brings this experience to bear on the crucial issue of the recent and unexpected rise in support for Catalan independence.

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