The state's response to the Catalan question : an emerging ethnic component in contemporary Spanish nationalism?

Peer-reviewed

The paper is divided into three parts. First, I present a critical approach to Kohn¿s distinctionbetween civic and ethnic nationalism where I also emphasize the competitive character of nationalism. Second, I present the different conceptions of Spain and Catalonia held bycontemporary Spanish and Catalan nationalism, particularly since the Catalan parliament startedthe process to reform the Charter of Autonomy of 1979. Third, I present a range of responsesfrom Spanish nationalism in this period, where some elements can be interpreted as a modernversion of ethnicity.