Framing research as the process of asking and answering questions, this book
demonstrates how to identify good research questions and how to structure and explore …

Regional and national identities are significant determinants of people's support for
secession. Most previous works, however, have implicitly assumed that national identity has …

This paper examines the context, campaign and main determinants of how Catalans voted
in the 2015 regional election. The elections were exceptional because the incumbent and …

This article sets the stage for a special issue that examines the interplay between
subnational and supranational governance. It begins by discussing how the territorial …

The article compares how secessionist elites in Scotland and Catalonia discursely and
legally constituted the people that is the subject of their claim of self-determination in relation …

Has the UK referendum to leave the EU (Brexit) affected territorial preferences within the
UK? We draw on comparative theories of such preferences to address this question, as …

This paper explores the relationship between the economic turmoil generated by the Great
Recession and the increase of secessionism. Some authors have stressed that the Great …

Since the British 'Brexit referendum'in 2016, tensions between 'leave'and 'remain'voters
have been growing. Using a novel analytical approach based on the full distribution of …

Popular and scientific contributions often call for increased regional decision-making power
to manage secessionist conflict, assuming that fiscally federalized countries are less prone …

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 …