The employment of asymmetric decentralization to deal with separatist conflicts has become
increasingly popular in recent years. However, contentions remain as to whether it is an …

The nation-state is a double sleight of hand, naturalizing both the nation and the state
encompassing it. No such naturalization is possible in multinational states. To explain why …

This article examines why the UK Government accepted the 2014 Scottish independence
referendum while the Spanish Government opposes a similar referendum in Catalonia …

In the introductory article for this special issue, we argue that studying territorial politics
through comparative-historical analysis (CHA) offers valuable insights in understanding the …

Why did the territorial conflict between the governments of Catalonia and Spain escalate to
the point of extreme institutional disruption in October 2017? The present article explains …

An increasing number of states rely on decentralization to address or preempt self-
determination conflicts. However, in spite of its popularity among policymakers, the …

This article defines contemporary social patriotism as a type of welfare nationalism, with
characteristics of an achievable civic form of maintenance nationalism. It investigates the …

This is the first of a major two-volume work which provides an authoritative account of
devolution in the UK since the initial settlement under New Labour in 1997. This first volume …

In recent years, two apparently contradictory but, in fact, complementary socio-political
phenomena have reinforced each other in the European urban realm: the re-scaling of …

Popular and scientific contributions often call for increased regional decision-making power
to manage secessionist conflict, assuming that fiscally federalized countries are less prone …