Catalonia: A New Independent State in Europe?: A Debate on Secession Within the European Union

ISBN-13: 9781138386419 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 238 str.

Xavier Cuadras Morato

Opis

Catalonia: A New Independent State in Europe examines the main issues of the political process which is taking place in Catalonia today.

Spis treści

1. Foreword  2. Introduction Xavier Cuadras-Morató  3. Catalonia at a crossroad: Political analysis of the increasing support for secession Marc Guinjoan, Toni Rodon and Marc Sanjaume  4. The Secession of Catalonia: Legal Strategies and Barriers Hèctor López Bofill and Pau Bossacoma  5. The independence of Catalonia: Opportunities and threats for the Catalan economy Xavier Cuadras-Morató  6. Political Economy of the Secession: A Game-theoretic Approach Enriqueta Aragonès and Clara Ponsatí  7. An Independent Catalonia as Member of the European Union? Fernando Guirao  8. Conclusions Xavier Cuadras-Morató

O autorze

Xavier Cuadras Morató is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and Business at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and Director of the International Business School (ESCI-UPF). He has a Ph. D. in Economics from the University of York (United Kingdom). He has held visiting positions in the University of Pennsylvania, University of Rochester, Universidad Centroamericana (Nicaragua) and the Escuela Superior de Economía y Negocios (El Salvador).

His recent research interests include the relationship between education and the labour market and the economic consequences of the political conflict between Catalonia and Spain.