Metropolitan and post-national urbanity beyond (pluri)nation(al)-dtates in the EU: Benchmarking Scotland, Catalonia and the Basque Country

Journal article

Abstract:: This article compares three small, stateless, city-regional nation cases of Scotland, Catalonia, and the Basque Country after September 2014. Since the referendum on Scottish independence, depending on its unique context, each case has engaged differently in democratic and deliberative experimentation on the “right to decide” its future beyond its referential (pluri)nation(al)-states in the UK and Spain. Most recently, the Brexit referendum has triggered a deeper debate on how regional and po...
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Institution:

University of Oxford

Division:

SSD

Department:

SAME

Sub department:

Social & Cultural Anthropology

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Author

Publisher:: European Centre for Minority Issues Publisher's website
Journal:: Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe Journal website
Volume:: 16
Issue:: 1
Pages:: 51-78
Publication date:: 2017-07-26
Acceptance date:: 2017-05-15
EISSN:: 1617-5247

Language:: English
Keywords:: democratic experimentation

political innovation

smart devolution

self-determination

small stateless city-regional nations

right to decide
Pubs id:: pubs:695954
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Local pid:: pubs:695954
Source identifiers:: 695954
Deposit date:: 2017-05-19

Copyright holder:: European Centre for Minority Issues
Notes:: Copyright © ECMI. This article has been published in the Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe.

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