Towards a regional political class? : professional politicians and regional institutions in Catalonia and Scotland / Klaus Stolz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stolz, Klaus.

Series:

Devolution series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Representative government and representation--Scotland.

Representative government and representation.

Representative government and representation--Spain--Catalonia.

Politics, Practical--Scotland.

Politics, Practical.

Politics, Practical--Spain--Catalonia.

Politics and government.

Scotland--Politics and government--21st century.

Scotland.

Catalonia (Spain)--Politics and government--21st century.

Catalonia (Spain).

Spain--Catalonia.

Physical Description:

xiii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Contents:

The quest for a regional political class

Regionalism, regionalisation and regional institutions in Catalonia and Scotland : setting the stage for a regional political class

Political careers : the making of a regional political class in itself

(Re)making political institutions : a regional political class for itself

Conclusion : traces of a regional political class in Catalonia and Scotland

Appendix 1. Survey of regional parliamentarians in Catalonia and Scotland

Appendix 2. Interview series with Catalan and Scottish politicians

Appendix 3. Time commitments of regional politicians.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780719079795

0719079799

OCLC:

432407102