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From Devolution to Secession: The Case of Catalonia

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Do all nationalisms seek their own state? Are all nationalisms separatist? To date the main Catalan nationalist parties have not been secessionist, as also the Galician, Welsh and Corsican. Even in Scotland popular support for independence is recent, linked to the Scottish National Party (SNP) governing Scotland since 2007. Should these non-secessionist ‘nationalisms’ be redefined as ‘regionalisms’? Surely not, since all these parties seek the protection, enhancement and development of the ‘nations’ they claim to represent.

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  1. Montserrat Guibernau
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  1. Department of Philosophy, University of Montreal, Canada

    Michel Seymour (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Political Science, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada

    Alain-G. Gagnon (Professor) (Professor)

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Guibernau, M. (2012). From Devolution to Secession: The Case of Catalonia. In: Seymour, M., Gagnon, AG. (eds) Multinational Federalism. The Comparative Territorial Politics series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137016744_8

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