We know a lot about why substate nationalist parties embrace secession. But what happens when secession fails? Can they return to ordinary parliamentary politics?
Our new paper on Catalan CiU and Junts shows that yes: when institutional and electoral opportunities change.
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We know far more about why substate parties embrace secession than about their eventual moderation. This article contributes to this question by tracing Catalan nationalist centre-right parties acr...