Framing the relationship between Catalonia and Spain: a semio-narrative analysis of the 2012 Catalan election campaign

The specific objective of this article is to analyze the different ways in which each of the four main political parties addresses the question of relations between Catalonia and Spain in its electoral messages. That is, we analyze whether and how each of the political parties represented in the Cat...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Pujadas i Capdevila, Eva; Xifra, Jordi
Format: Article
Status:Accepted version
Publication date:2014
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10230/56705
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/56705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764213506205
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Catalan elections
campaign strategy
political advertising
semiotic analysis
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Summary:The specific objective of this article is to analyze the different ways in which each of the four main political parties addresses the question of relations between Catalonia and Spain in its electoral messages. That is, we analyze whether and how each of the political parties represented in the Catalan Parliament confronts this question, how they define their starting position, the goals of the party, the goals of the country (whether Catalonia or Spain), and the means of meeting them.