West European Politics

Domino effect or internal developments? The influences of international events and political id eologies on Catalan and Basque nationalism.

West European Politics | July 1, 1993 | Copyright

Recent political upheavals in the former Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Eastern Europe and the Horn of Africa and other countries in Africa have spurred international fears of a possible 'domino effect' which successful nationalisms can allegedly exert across frontiers. Accordingly, the latter could serve as catalysts for other movements wishing to achieve the same aims in different countries.

This article will first try to reshuffle such current assumptions showing that a supposed domino effect can only have an impact if some specific internal factors are present. Examples of…

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