Publicación: When asymmetry gets challenged: Regional Governments’ reactions to asymmetrical empowerment in Canada and Spain
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2015-07-17
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Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (España). Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología. Departamento de Ciencia Política y de la Administración
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La tesis analiza las reacciones regionales a la autonomía asimétrica y las condiciones en las que se producen. Muchos estudiosos han abogado por la asimetría como un medio para acomodar la diversidad interna en los estados habitados en gran medida por una supuesta nación mayoritaria, pero donde existen además algunas regiones altamente reivindicativas que se definen a sí mismas como naciones minoritarias. Sin embargo, la asimetría se ha recomendado con carácter sin tener en cuenta que otras regiones del país pueden reaccionar a la asimetría y que sus reacciones pueden favorecer o frustrar las posibilidades acomodaticias reales de la asimetría. La revisión de la literatura sobre federalismo asimétrico muestra que la cuestión de las reacciones a la asimetría permanece insuficientemente teorizada y que tampoco ha sido analizada empíricamente. Por estos motivos, sostengo que es necesario abrir una nueva vía de investigación para abordar este tema de manera específica y además emprendo aquí los primeros pasos en este empeño. Guiada por el objetivo principal del desarrollo conceptual y teórico, la tesis introduce una distinción entre regiones más autónoma (MER) y menos autónomas o totalmente dependientes del gobierno central (LER/NER) de acuerdo con el grado de autogobierno estas últimos gozan en relación con las primeros. También propone una clasificación de reacciones con cuatro categorías –atrape, bloqueo, aquiescencia y vinculación de cuestiones- así como un marco explicativo donde se combinan varios factores potencialmente relevantes en tanto que se les supone e hipotetiza una influencia sobre la variación en el objeto de estudio. El marco analítico se aplica posteriormente a una selección de casos de reacciones a la autonomía asimétrica en Canadá y en España. En concreto, miro reacciones emprendidas por Alberta y Ontario frente a la asimetría en favor de Quebec, así como reacciones de Andalucía y la Comunidad Valenciana frente a la asimetría en favor de Cataluña. El análisis confirma la utilidad de la tipología conceptual y también demuestran la importancia de cada una de las condiciones causales propuestas, si bien la influencia de las mismas sobre le resultado no se produce de manera lineal. En última instancia, esta tesis contribuye a una mayor comprensión de las dinámicas dentro de sistemas federales y/o políticamente descentralizados que cuentan con mecanismos y acuerdos de autonomía asimétrica.
The thesis examines regional reactions to asymmetrical empowerment and the conditions of their occurrence. Many scholars have advocated asymmetry as a means to accommodate internal diversity in states inhabited by an alleged majority nation where some highly assertive regions claiming to be minority nations also exist. But asymmetry has been generally recommended without taking into account that other regions within the country may react to asymmetry and that their reactions may favour or frustrate the real accommodative possibilities of asymmetry. The review of the literature on asymmetrical federalism shows that the question of reactions to asymmetry remains both under-theorised and completely unexplored at empirical level. On these grounds, I contend that a new research avenue needs to be open to address specifically this issue and I take the first steps in this endeavour. Guided by the primary purpose of conceptual and theoretical development, the thesis introduces a distinction between most-empowered region (MER) and less- or non-empowered ones (LER/NER) according to the degree of self-government the latter enjoy relative to the former. A classification of reactions is also proposed including four categories - catching-up, blockage, acquiescence and issue-linkage- as well as an explanatory framework which combines several potentially relevant factors that are expected to influence the variation in the outcome. The analytical framework is subsequently applied onto a selection of cases of reactions to asymmetrical empowerment in Canada and Spain. Specifically, I look at reactions pursued by Alberta and Ontario against asymmetry in favour of Quebec, as well as reactions by Andalusia and Valencia against asymmetry for Catalonia. The analysis bears out the usefulness of the conceptual typology and it also somehow demonstrates the importance ¿although not in a linear way- of each one of the proposed causal condition. Ultimately, this thesis contributes to our understanding of the dynamics of federal and/or politically decentralised systems featuring asymmetrical autonomy arrangements.
The thesis examines regional reactions to asymmetrical empowerment and the conditions of their occurrence. Many scholars have advocated asymmetry as a means to accommodate internal diversity in states inhabited by an alleged majority nation where some highly assertive regions claiming to be minority nations also exist. But asymmetry has been generally recommended without taking into account that other regions within the country may react to asymmetry and that their reactions may favour or frustrate the real accommodative possibilities of asymmetry. The review of the literature on asymmetrical federalism shows that the question of reactions to asymmetry remains both under-theorised and completely unexplored at empirical level. On these grounds, I contend that a new research avenue needs to be open to address specifically this issue and I take the first steps in this endeavour. Guided by the primary purpose of conceptual and theoretical development, the thesis introduces a distinction between most-empowered region (MER) and less- or non-empowered ones (LER/NER) according to the degree of self-government the latter enjoy relative to the former. A classification of reactions is also proposed including four categories - catching-up, blockage, acquiescence and issue-linkage- as well as an explanatory framework which combines several potentially relevant factors that are expected to influence the variation in the outcome. The analytical framework is subsequently applied onto a selection of cases of reactions to asymmetrical empowerment in Canada and Spain. Specifically, I look at reactions pursued by Alberta and Ontario against asymmetry in favour of Quebec, as well as reactions by Andalusia and Valencia against asymmetry for Catalonia. The analysis bears out the usefulness of the conceptual typology and it also somehow demonstrates the importance ¿although not in a linear way- of each one of the proposed causal condition. Ultimately, this thesis contributes to our understanding of the dynamics of federal and/or politically decentralised systems featuring asymmetrical autonomy arrangements.
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