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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465180803321

Autore

Stolz Klaus

Titolo

Towards a regional political class? [[electronic resource] ] : professional politicians and regional institutions in Catalonia and Scotland / / Klaus Stolz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

ISBN

1-78170-312-4

1-84779-349-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Devolution series

Disciplina

320.9411

Soggetti

Representative government and representation - Scotland

Representative government and representation - Spain - Catalonia

Politics, Practical - Scotland

Politics, Practical - Spain - Catalonia

Electronic books.

Scotland Politics and government 21st century

Catalonia (Spain) Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The quest for a regional political class -- Regionalism, regionalisation and regional institutions in Catalonia and Scotland : setting the stage for a regional political class -- Political careers : the making of a regional political class in itself -- (Re)making political institutions : a regional political class for itself -- Conclusion : traces of a regional political class in Catalonia and Scotland -- Appendix 1. Survey of regional parliamentarians in Catalonia and Scotland -- Appendix 2. Interview series with Catalan and Scottish politicians -- Appendix 3. Time commitments of regional politicians.

Sommario/riassunto

Focussing on professional politicians Klaus Stolz investigates the interrelationship between political career patterns and political institutions in two of the most widely discussed cases of regionalism: Catalonia and Scotland. The study deals with two different yet closely



related sets of questions: Firstly, how do professional politicians pursue their careers in the regional context. And secondly, how do they shape and reshape the political institutions in which they pursue these careers. The monograph is based on extensive empirical research including a comprehensive data set on the careers