Secessionist Conflict and Polarization: Evidence from Catalonia

• In Event: Identities, Values, and Interests: Voting Behavior in the Comparative Context

Brief Overview

We fielded a survey in Catalonia with embedded experiments just before the politically salient 2017 regional elections and a follow-up in 2018, to test when political polarization over regional autonomy spills over into social polarization.

Authors

• Alexander G. Kuo, Oxford University

• Laia Balcells, Georgetown University

• Jose Fernandez-Albertos, CSIC