MOBILIZATION, REPRESSION AND BALLOT: TRACING THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE SELF-DETERMINATION REFERENDUM ON OCTOBER 1, 2017 IN CATALONIA

Authors

  • Arkaitz Letamendia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/ACS2018.7.1

Keywords:

1-O referendum, Catalonia, political mobilization, repression

Abstract

This article explores the factors that enabled the holding of the Catalan referendum on self-determination on 1 October (1-O), 2017. Based on «participant observation» and secondary sources from newspapers, it is argued that a peculiar combination of three elements—mobilization, repression and ballot—helps to explain why the 1-O referendum could eventually be held, despite all court actions and despite the fact that the Spanish Security Forces tried to hold it back. The article underlines the theoretical and practical implications of this historical event departing from the consensual mechanisms which characterize our contemporary post-politics.

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Published

2018-06-01

How to Cite

Letamendia, A. (2018). MOBILIZATION, REPRESSION AND BALLOT: TRACING THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE SELF-DETERMINATION REFERENDUM ON OCTOBER 1, 2017 IN CATALONIA. Social Conflict Yearbook, 7(7). https://doi.org/10.1344/ACS2018.7.1

Issue

No. 7

Section

Section I: Focal Conflicts of the Year

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