Towards a regional political class? professional politicians and regional institutions in Catalonia and Scotland /

Stolz, Klaus.

Towards a regional political class? professional politicians and regional institutions in Catalonia and Scotland / [electronic resource] : Klaus Stolz. - Manchester ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. - xiii, 315 p. : ill. - Devolution series .

Includes bibliographical references.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9781847793492 (electronic bk.)




Representative government and representation--Scotland.
Representative government and representation--Spain--Catalonia.
Politics, Practical--Scotland.
Politics, Practical--Spain--Catalonia.


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


Electronic books.

JN1228 / .S76 2009

320.9411