Regionalism: A Reform Concept and its Application to Spain

In: Environment and planning. C, Government and policy, Band 5, Heft 3, S. 239-250

Abstract

Regionalism is a notably elusive political idea. In the paper an attempt is first made to identify various propositions that are general among contemporary European regionalists: A commitment to territorial reform of a nonfederal character, a belief that regional autonomy promotes political stability and spreads prosperity, and a notion of complementarity between European integration and internal devolution. In the second part of the paper the relevance of these propositions to Spain are considered.