Economic Shocks, Mobilization, and Regional Elite Splits

What are the origins of elite splits? Why do regional elites break away from central elites and develop regional parties? This paper contends that intra-elite differences are more likely to be politicized when an economic shock exacerbates pre-existing asymmetric economic preferences and disadvantag...

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Autor: Vall-Prat, Pau
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/187325
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/187325
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Palabra clave:Elit (Ciències socials)
Política regional
Geografia econòmica
Crisis
Política comercial
Ciències polítiques
Elite (Social sciences)
Economic zoning
Economic geography
Crises
Commercial policy
Political science
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spelling Economic Shocks, Mobilization, and Regional Elite SplitsVall-Prat, PauElit (Ciències socials)Política regionalGeografia econòmicaCrisisPolítica comercialCiències polítiquesElite (Social sciences)Economic zoningEconomic geographyCrisesCommercial policyPolitical scienceWhat are the origins of elite splits? Why do regional elites break away from central elites and develop regional parties? This paper contends that intra-elite differences are more likely to be politicized when an economic shock exacerbates pre-existing asymmetric economic preferences and disadvantaged elites can mobilize the electorate on the basis of identity. I employ constituency-level data from Catalonia spanning the late 19th and early 20th century to test which factors influenced regional elite decisions to form a regional elite political party. To understand elite divisions, I exploit a historical exogenous trade shock and its asymmetric impact within Catalonia, and the availability of identity-based mobilization agents. The results show that regional elite splits took place in areas more affected by the 1898 colonial trade shock and where elites had larger mobilization capacity.SAGE Publications2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/187325Articles publicats en revistes (Ciència Política, Dret Constitucional i Filosofia del Dret)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1177/2F00104140221089641Comparative Political Studies, 2022https://doi.org/10.1177/2F00104140221089641(c) Vall-Prat, Pau, 2022info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1873252026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Economic Shocks, Mobilization, and Regional Elite Splits
title Economic Shocks, Mobilization, and Regional Elite Splits
spellingShingle Economic Shocks, Mobilization, and Regional Elite Splits
Vall-Prat, Pau
Elit (Ciències socials)
Política regional
Geografia econòmica
Crisis
Política comercial
Ciències polítiques
Elite (Social sciences)
Economic zoning
Economic geography
Crises
Commercial policy
Political science
title_short Economic Shocks, Mobilization, and Regional Elite Splits
title_full Economic Shocks, Mobilization, and Regional Elite Splits
title_fullStr Economic Shocks, Mobilization, and Regional Elite Splits
title_full_unstemmed Economic Shocks, Mobilization, and Regional Elite Splits
title_sort Economic Shocks, Mobilization, and Regional Elite Splits
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Vall-Prat, Pau
author Vall-Prat, Pau
author_facet Vall-Prat, Pau
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Elit (Ciències socials)
Política regional
Geografia econòmica
Crisis
Política comercial
Ciències polítiques
Elite (Social sciences)
Economic zoning
Economic geography
Crises
Commercial policy
Political science
topic Elit (Ciències socials)
Política regional
Geografia econòmica
Crisis
Política comercial
Ciències polítiques
Elite (Social sciences)
Economic zoning
Economic geography
Crises
Commercial policy
Political science
description What are the origins of elite splits? Why do regional elites break away from central elites and develop regional parties? This paper contends that intra-elite differences are more likely to be politicized when an economic shock exacerbates pre-existing asymmetric economic preferences and disadvantaged elites can mobilize the electorate on the basis of identity. I employ constituency-level data from Catalonia spanning the late 19th and early 20th century to test which factors influenced regional elite decisions to form a regional elite political party. To understand elite divisions, I exploit a historical exogenous trade shock and its asymmetric impact within Catalonia, and the availability of identity-based mobilization agents. The results show that regional elite splits took place in areas more affected by the 1898 colonial trade shock and where elites had larger mobilization capacity.
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