Practice question · True or false
The asymmetry of the Spanish system was a design feature that made the 1978 settlement possible.
Hints
- Consider what a uniform level of autonomy would have meant in 1978.
- It would have been unacceptable to the historical nationalities and unnecessary elsewhere.
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True
Why
True. A single uniform level would have been unacceptable to the historical nationalities and unnecessary in territories with no autonomist tradition, so the open-ended route was what allowed a settlement at all. Whether the asymmetry remains stable now is a live political question, and a separate one from whether it was the right choice then.
Practise The Autonomic State
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More questions on The Autonomic State
- Why does the Statute of Autonomy make Spain hard to classify as federal or unitary?
- Sort each feature by whether it supports calling Spain FEDERAL or argues against it.
- The 1978 Constitution created the seventeen autonomous communities directly.
- Which are elements of the asymmetry in the Spanish territorial system?
- How many autonomous communities does Spain have?
- Complete the account of the autonomic state.
- Arrange the stages of the autonomic process in order.
- Spain is described as federal in practical operation but not in constitutional self-description. What…