The Scottish path of Catalonia´s Independence

Scotland and Catalonia share a somewhat similar social configuration as sub-state nations with analogous perceptions, interpretations and aspirations for home rule within their respective British and Spanish frameworks. However, Scotland and Catalonia have not always followed parallel processes over the last decades, as far as the achievement of institutional forms of self-government is concerned. Considering both similarities and differences, it is worth underlining the erroneous prescriptions put forward by influential modern schools of thought --notably those functionalist and Marxist-- regarding Scotland and Catalonia. Those approaches insisted that both territories were failed national communities which were bound to disappear. Such assertions have been repeatedly falsified in contemporary times. Far from being homogenised and dissolved within the British and Spanish polities, nationalisms in Scotland and Catalonia have forcefully renewed their claim of political independence for both stateless nations.Peer reviewe