A Transformacao Do Conceito De Soberania: A Emergencia Politica E Legal Das "Autonomias-Nacao" No Quadro Da Constituicao Espanhola De 1978

In: Relações internacionais: R:I, Heft 39

Abstract

This article aims to address how two specific national identities, Basque and Catalan enhanced by their nationalisms and by the Spanish democratization process were able to materialize politically and legally in what is qualified as "autonomies-nation". To get to the analysis of this case study we start to cover the role of the nation-State and the relationship between the concepts of State and nation. It specially highlights the emergence of new political units, which the author classifies as "autonomies-nation", which constitute a real challenge to the traditional concept of sovereignty, focusing the Spanish case. Adapted from the source document.