Between accommodation and secession: Explaining the shifting territorial goals of nationalist parties in the Basque Country and Catalonia
This article examines the shifting territorial goals of two of the most electorally successful and politically relevant nationalist parties in Spain: the Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV) and Convergència i Unió (CiU). Whilst both parties have often co-operated to challenge the authority of the Spani...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Catalan |
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2017
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| Online Access: | https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=6035190 |
| Source: | Revista d'estudis autonòmics i federals, ISSN 1886-2632, Nº. 25, 2017, pags. 129-165 |
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This article examines the shifting territorial goals of two of the most electorally
successful and politically relevant nationalist parties in Spain: the Partido Nacionalista
Vasco (PNV) and Convergència i Unió (CiU). Whilst both parties have often co-operated to
challenge the authority of the Spanish state, their territorial goals have varied over time and
from party to party. We map these changes and identify key drivers of territorial preferences; these include party ideology, the impact of the financial crisis, the territorial structure of
the state, party competition, public opinion, government versus opposition, the impact of
multi-level politics and the particularities of party organisation. These factors interact to
shape what nationalist parties say and do on core territorial issues, and contribute to their
oscillation between territorial accommodation and secession. However, the way in which
these factors play out is highly context-specific, and this accounts for the different territorial
preferences of the PNV and CiU. These findings advance our understanding of persistent
territorial tensions in Spain, and provide broader theoretical insights into the internal and
external dynamics that determine the territorial positioning of stateless nationalist and
regionalist parties in plurinational states. |
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