RT Journal Article
T1 The Persistent Catalan-Spanish Turmoil: A Geopolitical Reading of the First Weeks of the Covid-19 Crisis Management in Catalonia and Spain
A1 Paül Carril, Valerià
A1 Trillo Santamaría, Juan Manuel
K1 Geopolitics
K1 Nation-state
K1 Devolution
K1 Catalonia/Spain
K1 Covid-19
AB Critical geopolitics conceives of the internal organization of the state as a relevant geopolitical subfield. In this context, this paper aims to develop a geopolitical interpretation of the covid-19 crisis management in Catalonia and Spain from March 2020 to mid-April 2020. The paper begins by providing an overview of internal geopolitics literature by Spanish geographers, focusing on the Catalonia/Spain conflict, followed by a thorough analysis of written and oral materials compiled for that purpose. Three discursive periods are identified: up until the declaration of the State of Alarm in mid-March 2020, the first two weeks with this in force, and the first half of April 2020. The paper evinces that the examined materials support contested visions about the distribution of territorial powers within Spain, while also unearthing some specificities that ultimately relate to the Catalan national question.
PB Taylor and Francis
SN 0016-7428
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/41623
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/41623
LA eng
NO Paül, V. & Trillo-Santamaría J.M. (2022): The Persistent Catalan-Spanish Turmoil: A Geopolitical Reading of the First Weeks of the Covid-19 Crisis Management in Catalonia and Spain.Geographical Review, 112(4): 493-511
NO This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Geographical Review on 4 Aug 2021, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00167428.2021.1945927
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026