| Summary/Abstract |
In recent years, nationalist politics in Catalonia reached new heights with annual protests demanding independence from Spain. Meanwhile, the population of foreign nationals in Catalonia grew rapidly. This study analyzes primary sources from political immigrant outreach initiatives to investigate how immigrants have been mobilized in the shifting politics of Catalan nationalism. Politicians use the conversion of immigrants into “new Catalans” to consolidate Catalan identity and promote nation-building. This study traces the interplay of the inclusive and the coercive aspects of discourses appealing directly to immigrants. With rising separatism, long-standing Catalan-language priorities were demoted to win immigrants to the separatist cause.
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