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The asymmetrical effect of polarization on support for independence: the case of Catalonia

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The asymmetrical effect of polarization on support for independence: the case of Catalonia

dc.contributor.author	Rodríguez Teruel, Juan
dc.contributor.author	Barrio López, Astrid
dc.date.accessioned	2023-07-27T09:03:00Z
dc.date.available	2023-07-28T04:45:06Z
dc.date.issued	2021	es_ES
dc.identifier.citation	Rodríguez Teruel, J.; Barrio, A. (2021). The asymmetrical effect of polarization on support for independence: the case of Catalonia. Politics and governance, 9 (4), 412-425.	es_ES
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10550/88812
dc.description.abstract	The article analyses the consequences of elite polarization at the mass level in the centre-periphery dimension. We analyse the rapid rise in support for independence in Catalonia, focusing on the role of party competition around the centre-periphery cleavage. We argue that mainstream actors’ adoption of centrifugal party strategies with respect to the national question produced a polarizing dynamic in the party system that eventually caused voters’ attitudes regarding the centre-periphery issue to harden. Indeed, we posit that this increase in mass polarization was a consequence of party agency that subsequently helped to drive attitudes regarding independence. To test this hypothesis, we measure centre-periphery polarization (as perceived by voters) by adopting two different perspectives—inter-party distances (horizontal polarization) and party-voter distances (vertical polarization)—and then run logistic regressions to explain support for independence. The findings show an asymmetrical effect on polarization. While the centrifugal strategy implemented by Catalan regionalist parties paved the way for a radicalization of voters on the Catalan nationalist side, among voters for non-regionalist parties, attitudes towards independence were initially less conditioned by this polarization. The results provide evidence of the political effects of elite polarization.	es_ES
dc.language.iso	en	es_ES
dc.publisher	Cogitatio Press	es_ES
dc.subject	Catalonia	es_ES
dc.subject	independence	es_ES
dc.subject	party competition	es_ES
dc.subject	party cues	es_ES
dc.subject	polarization	es_ES
dc.subject	secession	es_ES
dc.title	The asymmetrical effect of polarization on support for independence: the case of Catalonia	es_ES
dc.type	journal article	es_ES
dc.subject.unesco	UNESCO::CIENCIA POLÍTICA	es_ES
dc.identifier.doi	10.17645/pag.v9i4.4627	es_ES
dc.accrualmethod	S	es_ES
dc.embargo.terms	0 days	es_ES
dc.type.hasVersion	VoR	es_ES
dc.rights.accessRights	open access	es_ES