Abstract
This paper is an innovative study about the territorial organisation of the Spanish State (TOSS) and how it is anchored and fits within definitions of nationhood. This is a technical contribution in the form of a codification protocol designed to measure changes in preferences regarding the TOSS and feelings of belonging to Spain and a given region in political discourse. Both social phenomena have experienced major changes in recent years; but in order to understand how these changes have occurred and how they have been legitimised by political elites, an instrument is needed to measure these changes systematically over time. A methodological framework is presented here that has been applied to a comparative study of five different Statutes of Autonomy and the reforms that they have undergone, together with a preliminary overview of the results produced by the protocol.
| Translated title of the contribution | The Nation in Spain: An Instrument for Qualitative Inquiry into a Complex Question |
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| Original language | Spanish |
| Journal | Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas |
| Issue number | 161 |
| Pages (from-to) | 141-156 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISSN | 0210-5233 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Autonomous Region of Valencia
- Parliamentary Debates
- The State of the Autonomous Regions
- Territorial Organisation of the State
- Reform of the Statutes of Autonomy