Conflict in Catalonia: A Sociological Approximation

Miley, Thomas Jeffrey; Garvía, Roberto

doi:10.3390/genealogy3040056

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“…After contrasting findings obtained from different rent strata or educational levels, he concluded that Catalonian claims for secession should be conceived as a form of "fiscal egoism" born within a rich European region. A phenomenon, by the way, that he and others suggest might appear as well on a variety of segregation tensions that have erupted in other countries, within the European Union (Bourne 2014;Griffiths et al 2015;Muro and Vlaskamp 2016;Miley and Garvía 2019;Piketty 2019).…”

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Privileged Rebels: A Longitudinal Analysis of Distinctive Economic Traits of Catalonian Secessionism

2020

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During the last decade, the Catalonian secessionist challenge induced a chronic crisis within Spain's politics that does not offer hints of a viable arrangement. The rapidly escalating demands for secession ran almost in parallel with the accentuation of the economic recession that followed the disruption of the world financial system in 2008-2010. Such secession claims reached maximums during 2012-2014, attaining support levels of nearly 50% of citizenry in favour of independence. These figures subsequently diminished a bit but remained close to that level until today. Despite the coincident course, previous studies had shown that the impact of economic hardships was not a major factor in explaining the segregation urgencies, connecting them instead to triggers related to internecine political struggles in the region: Harsh litigations that resulted in an abrupt polarization along nationalistic features in wide segments of the population. In this longitudinal analysis based on the responses of 88,538 individuals through a regular series of 45 official surveys, in the period 2006-2019, we show that economic factors did play a role in the secessionist wave. Our findings showed that the main idiomatic segmentation (Catalan vs. Spanish, as family language) interacted with economic segmentations in inducing variations on national identity feelings that resulted in erosions of the dual CatSpanish identity. Moreover, our findings also showed that the more privileged segments of Catalonian citizenry where those that mostly supported secession, whereas poorer and unprotected citizenry was clearly against it. All the data points to the conclusion that the secessionist challenge was, in fact, a rebellion of the wealthier and well-situated people.

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Privileged Rebels: A Longitudinal Analysis of Distinctive Economic Traits of Catalonian Secessionism

2020

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“…However, it is important to notice that the pro-independence group was in various respects privileged inside Catalonia. First and foremost, the Catalan Government had been pro-independence for several years at the time of research (Qvortrup, 2021) but research also shows that the pro-independence camp in Catalonia is in overall terms of a higher socioeconomic status (Miley and Garvía, 2019;Oller et al, 2020). Ultimately, this asymmetry in the situation and aims of both groups should imply that different motivations influence action in a distinct fashion (Jost et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

Predicting Collective Action in a Secessionist Context: Different Motives for Two Opposed Stances

2021

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Engagement in collective action is essential in the scenario of a secessionist struggle. In this scenario, two groups contend for an incompatible goal and one of them is favoured by the current status quo. Therefore, this context represents an excellent opportunity to compare the motives for participation among two groups whose situation and objectives differ drastically. We examined the motivations to participate in collective action of Catalan participants in the days leading to the independence referendum held in Catalonia (Spain) on the first of October 2017 (n = 719). As hypothesized, participation predicted by different motivations for each group. Regarding participation in the referendum, Catalan identity was the only predictor among pro-independence ranks, while those against independence showed a solidarity-based motivation. This work contributes to the literature by adapting previously researched collective action motivations to the context of a secessionist contention and providing evidence of their effect. Crucially, the motivations are different between supporters and opponents of independence, highlighting the need for examining the status and the stance on the system of groups when studying collective action.

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“…It is also seen as a larger power and class struggle between the centre (Spanish government) and the periphery (Catalan government) (Real Instituto Elcano, 2019). Therefore, as explained by Miley and Garvía (2019), the Spanish government cannot fully enforce their majority rule over Catalonia, without appearing to be tyrannising their minority identity (Melich, 1986). This internal conflict is only made worse by Catalan paradiplomacy which arises as a perceived challenge towards the Spanish government over their sovereignty and territorial integrity (Vicuňa, 2015).…”

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Catalan Identity and Paradiplomacy Strategy in Catalonia’s Independence Movement

Hubert¹,

Dermawan

Akim

2021

JPI

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This article seeks to analyse how Catalan identity, within the context of its conflict with the Spanish government, contributes to its foreign relations with the global public through paradiplomacy. This article uses qualitative research method with literature study. It finds that Catalonia, as one of Spain’s autonomous regions, have a distinct history, language, and culture from other Spanish regions. To protect their identity, there have been an emergence of movement for greater Catalan autonomy, even independence. This conflict reached climax on 1 October 2017 when the Catalan government initiated an independence referendum amongst Catalan people, with the majority voted for independence from Spain. Since then, the Catalan independence movement has faced many changes until now, with one of the moves done by Catalonia to seek support from global public through their paradiplomacy. As such, it is worth noting how paradiplomacy done by the Catalan government was an effort to protect the existence of their identity, which increases the complication and dynamics of Catalan and Spanish governments’ internal conflict. Findings from this study may show important implications for the resolution of similar internal conflicts, especially those involving identity and paradiplomacy.

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Conflict in Catalonia: A Sociological Approximation

Cited by 19 publications

References 47 publications

Privileged Rebels: A Longitudinal Analysis of Distinctive Economic Traits of Catalonian Secessionism

Privileged Rebels: A Longitudinal Analysis of Distinctive Economic Traits of Catalonian Secessionism

Predicting Collective Action in a Secessionist Context: Different Motives for Two Opposed Stances

Catalan Identity and Paradiplomacy Strategy in Catalonia’s Independence Movement

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