Catalan Nationalism and Challenges to the Territorial Integrity of Spain

Sravnitelʹnaâ Politika

G. I. Volkova¹ 

[1] MGIMO University;

关键词: spain;    catalonia;    separatism;    nationalism;    regionalism;    ethnic and cultural identity;    the referendum;    the right to self-determination;    territorial integrity;   

DOI  :  10.18611/2221-3279-2016-7-2(23)-85-95

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

At the beginning of the 21st century Spain faced a number of challenges, primarily the growth of separatist sentiments in the regions fraught with the danger of its fragmentation on ethno-national basis. In the context of increased ethno-national mobilization of “small peoples” in Spain one of its most economically developed regions – Catalonia – envisages a rise of the regional identity. Against the backdrop of economic problems generated by the crisis of 2008-2014 the autonomous communities of Spain, including Catalonia, came across the rise of socio-political problems, particularly the growing distance between the society and the central administrative bodies formed in democratic conditions, as well as the two-party administrative system.

【 授权许可】

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