LEADER 03554nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910465180803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78170-312-4 010 $a1-84779-349-5 035 $a(CKB)2560000000085837 035 $a(EBL)1069708 035 $a(OCoLC)818847510 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000712863 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12229359 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712863 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10651141 035 $a(PQKB)11479046 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085806 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069708 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069708 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10627232 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL843614 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000085837 100 $a20100824d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTowards a regional political class?$b[electronic resource] $eprofessional politicians and regional institutions in Catalonia and Scotland /$fKlaus Stolz 210 $aManchester ;$aNew York $cManchester University Press ;$aNew York $cDistributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (337 p.) 225 0$aDevolution series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84779-747-4 311 $a0-7190-7979-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aFocussing on professional politicians Klaus Stolz investigates the interrelationship between political career patterns and political institutions in two of the most widely discussed cases of regionalism: Catalonia and Scotland. The study deals with two different yet closely related sets of questions: Firstly, how do professional politicians pursue their careers in the regional context. And secondly, how do they shape and reshape the political institutions in which they pursue these careers. The monograph is based on extensive empirical research including a comprehensive data set on the careers 410 0$aDevolution series. 606 $aRepresentative government and representation$zScotland 606 $aRepresentative government and representation$zSpain$zCatalonia 606 $aPolitics, Practical$zScotland 606 $aPolitics, Practical$zSpain$zCatalonia 607 $aScotland$xPolitics and government$y21st century 607 $aCatalonia (Spain)$xPolitics and government$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRepresentative government and representation 615 0$aRepresentative government and representation 615 0$aPolitics, Practical 615 0$aPolitics, Practical 676 $a320.9411 700 $aStolz$b Klaus$0907322 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465180803321 996 $aTowards a regional political class$92029769 997 $aUNINA