Europe in the Procés: European (dis-)integration and Catalan secessionism Articles
Overview
published in
publication date
- July 2020
start page
- 265
end page
- 290
issue
- 3
volume
- 7
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
full text
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 2325-4823
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 2325-4815
abstract
- Europe remains an essentially contested project, in relation to its boundaries, institutions, and functional scope. In a context characterised by the detachment of key functions from the state, by legal pluralism and complex, overlapping transnational regimes, this article sheds light on the possibilities for plurinational accommodation in the evolving European order. Focusing on secessionist mobilisation, which is a major challenge to territorial integrity and the state, it explores how this plays out within the national and supranational order. Specifically, it explores how the discourses and frames around European institutions and (dis-)integration are built and evolved in the Catalan secessionist movement. In spite of strong variation of discourses across secessionist milieus, pessimistic narratives about the EU predominate, with a progressive estrangement between secessionists and European institutions – having in turn important implications for the prospects of a compromise solution
Classification
subjects
- Sociology
keywords
- european politics; catalonia; secession; multi-level governance