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List of figures | p. viii |
List of tables | p. viii |
Acknowledgements | p. x |
List of abbreviations | p. xii |
The quest for a regional political class | p. 1 |
When regionalisation meets political professionalisation: object of analysis and objectives of the study | p. 1 |
Political professionalisation, regionalisation and the political class: theoretical deliberations, conceptual framework and a double research question | p. 4 |
How and where to study a regional political class: methodological deliberations, case selection and outline of the study | p. 16 |
Regionalism, regionalisation and regional institutions in Catalonia and Scotland: setting the stage for a regional political class | p. 24 |
Catalonia: from Francoism to regional party democracy | p. 25 |
Scotland: inserting a regional parliamentary system in a unitary state | p. 35 |
Two cases, similar pattern and yet considerable differences | p. 46 |
Political careers: the making of a regional political class in itself | p. 49 |
Functional differentiation: the professionalisation of regional politicians | p. 53 |
Personal, occupational and political background: who gets in and where do they come from? | p. 55 |
Occupational status, concurrent political positions and time expenditure: what do they do, how much time do they spend? | p. 67 |
Parliamentary and extra-parliamentary tenure: how long do they stay? | p. 81 |
Resumé | p. 96 |
Territorial differentiation: the regionalisation of professional political careers | p. 97 |
The territorial orientation of regional parliamentarians in Catalonia and Scotland | p. 100 |
Moving up: career movements from the regional to the national level | p. 106 |
Moving down: career movements from the national to the regional level | p. 116 |
Patterns of movements | p. 137 |
Political careers and regional political class in Catalonia and Scotland | p. 137 |
Political careers | p. 138 |
A regional political class? | p. 148 |
(Re)making political institutions: a regional political class for itself | p. 157 |
Theoretical considerations: the institutionalisation of professional politics in a regionalist context | p. 158 |
Professional politicians as self-interested actors in institutional politics | p. 158 |
A regional political class in a regionalist context | p. 160 |
Regional institutions as objects of reform | p. 164 |
The Catalan case | p. 167 |
Regional parliamentarians and the institutionalisation of their professional self-interest in the parliamentary system | p. 167 |
Political parties and the colonisation of state and society | p. 192 |
The Scottish case | p. 212 |
Regional parliamentarians and the institutionalisation of their professional self-interest in the parliamentary system | p. 212 |
Political parties and the colonisation of state and society | p. 237 |
Comparison: a tale of two regional political classes | p. 258 |
Focused v. diffused patterns of political professionalisation | p. 259 |
Explanations: regional institution-building and national path dependency | p. 263 |
Conclusion: traces of a regional political class in Catalonia and Scotland | p. 277 |
The impact of political professionalisation on democracy and autonomy in Catalonia and Scotland | p. 277 |
Theoretical insights and conceptual progress: the regional political class as epitome of the complementary character of territorial and functional social organisation | p. 286 |
Survey of regional parliamentarians in Catalonia and Scotland | p. 294 |
Interview series with Catalan and Scottish politicians | p. 297 |
Time commitments of regional politicians | p. 302 |
References | p. 304 |
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