Les elus regionaux "independantistes" Catalans et corses et la loi d'airain de la reproduction "coloniale"

In: Pôle sud: revue de science politique, Heft 20, S. 63-83

Abstract

Thanks to an analysis of the members of the pro-independence groups in the Catalonian & Corsican assemblies (1999-2003 & 1999-2004 mandates), one can observe an iron law of the "colonial" reproduction of the dominant selection logic of political personnel, even if these groups represented associations which were different with many regards. The superior studies, than the professional paths of these "radical" representatives constitute indeed trajectories that are frequently closed to the ones of the other groups. However, on the one side, these representatives are also in general younger than the others. And, on the other side, in selection systems dominated in Catalonia by lawyers & in Corsica by medical professions, these representatives appear, configurationally indeed, as dominants (detaining resources legitimately converted within the representative space), but as dominants who are "parallel" to notables, which limits the de-differentiation hypothesis & contributes to the specificity of these parties. Adapted from the source document.