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Asymmetry in Spain: Federalism in the Making?

In Spain, the democratic Constitution adopted by a popular referendum in 1978 does not contain the word "federal" in its provisions. Nevertheless, most academics and political observers emphasize the quasi-federal or federalizing philosophy which inspires the Spanish constitutional text. In fact, Spain's Estado de las Autonomías is still in the process of a deep and widespread political decentralization which allows some of their territories (i.e., Catalonia, the Basque Country and Galicia, the so-called "historical nationalities") to enjoy a higher degree of self-rule than other constituent u…