RT Journal Article
T1 Universalism within: The tension between universalism and community in progressive ideology
A1 Dalle Mulle, Emmanuel
A1 Serrano, Ivan
AB Social-democratic parties face a dilemma between the universalist ethos of their socialist tradition and the nationalism that they share with the other political actors of the state where they act. In this paper, we examine comparatively the position of the Spanish party Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) and the Catalan party Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) on three political debates that pertains to the link between welfare and identity in Spain. We show how these parties experience opposite tensions between nationalism and the universalism of their left-wing ideology. Whereas ERC calls for a withdrawal from the Spanish system of social security, the PSOE advocates imposing on Catalonia a symmetric form of solidarity with the rest of Spain, despite recognising the region's different identity. Above all, both parties take identity for granted as a pre-political factor that ‘naturally’ justifies differential treatment, according to ERC, or equalising federalism, in the case of the PSOE.
PB Wiley
SN 1354-5078
YR 2022
FD 2022-08-17
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102505
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102505
LA eng
NO Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
NO European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
DS Docta Complutense
RD 10 abr 2025