The Evolution of Substate Nationalist Parties as Statewide Parliamentary Actors: CiU and PNV in Spain |
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Authors: | Bonnie N. Field |
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Affiliation: | 1. Bentley Universitybfield@bentley.edu |
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Abstract: | This contribution examines party competition between the Catalan Convergence and Union (CiU) and the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), two substate nationalist parties, and the statewide governing party based on the degree to which they ally in Spain's statewide parliament. It demonstrates that party competition during statewide minority governments is quite cooperative, though with variation, and statewide majority governments are associated with less cooperation. The weight of properiphery stances in the nationalist parties’ manifestos does not explain the patterns of party competition. In part, their behavior is associated with opportunities to influence policy and interparty competition in their respective regions. |
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