Catalan independence and the challenge of credibility: The causes and consequences of catalan nationalist parties’ strategic behavior

Nationalism and Ethnic Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 83-103

  Elias, Anwen ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; NATIONALISM; PARTY POLITICS; SOVEREIGNTY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TERRITORIALITY;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84942775674     PISSN: 13537113     EISSN: 15572986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13537113.2015.1003490     Document Type: Article

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