The Catalan Struggle for Independenc. An analysis of the popular support for Catalonia;s session from Spain
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2019-07-01
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Despite a rapid increase in popular support for Catalonia’s independence, the pro-independence movement has struggled to gain more support since 2014. Even though the issue gathered more attention from the media and grand-scale demonstrations continued to take place, the support for secession has stagnated around forty per cent from 2014 to 2019. This thesis seeks to provide some insight into which factors may be causing this stagnation. The theoretical approaches chosen to frame the study are resource mobilization theory and norm-life cycle theory. These theories stress the role of social movement organizations and the power of norms in the pro-independence movement respectively. The analyses and results, reached through data triangulation and process-tracing methodologies, indicate that the resource mobilization approach has more explanatory value. The role of pro-independence social movement organizations was key to mobilize people in grand-scale demonstrations and to promote the benefits of an independent Catalonia. Thus, as soon as the secessionist movement did not maintain its salience in resources for mobilization, the popular support for Catalan secession stagnated.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen