Being metropolitan: the effects of individual and contextual factors on shaping metropolitan identity

While the single institution of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (MAB) is a recent creation, some form of institutional cooperation among most of metropolitan municipalities has been functioning over the last 40 years. However, despite there is ample evidence about municipal and national patterns...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Magre Ferran, Jaume, Vallbé, Joan Josep, Tomàs Fornés, Mariona
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/215793
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/215793
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Identitat col·lectiva
Barcelona (Catalunya : Àrea metropolitana)
Administració municipal
Group identity
Barcelona (Catalonia : Metropolitan area)
Municipal government
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Sumario:While the single institution of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (MAB) is a recent creation, some form of institutional cooperation among most of metropolitan municipalities has been functioning over the last 40 years. However, despite there is ample evidence about municipal and national patterns of identification in Catalonia, no data about political orientations or patterns of identity toward the metropolitan area among the metropolitan population have been gathered so far. Using new survey data we explore two main features of the metropolitan identification among the Barcelona metropolitan population. First, we analyze the relationship between municipal attachment and metropolitan identification. Second, we explore the shaping of citizens’ orientations regarding the governance structure of the MAB, with particular interest in the central role of the city of Barcelona.