Les années épineuses de la Question jurassienne:

Hauser, Claude

doi:10.2307/j.ctv1595m46.13

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“…The language question was clearly the main driving force behind the creation of the separatist movement in the early 20th century, which demanded more autonomy for the Jura region within Switzerland (Chiffelle, 2005; Hauser, 1997; Mayer, 1968; Voutat, 1992). Volmert (2008, 402) argues that “the separatist movement in the 1910s was clearly nationalist […] and articulated a conception of ethno-linguistic peoplehood as the rationale for Jurassian independence.” In the 1910s, the language question ultimately led to the creation of separatist organizations such as the Comité pour la Création d’un Canton du Jura, later called Comité Séparatiste du Jura (Volmert, 2008, 402), providing an organizational infrastructure for the division’s politicization.…”

Section: The Jura Questionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Jura Questionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While socioeconomic developments resulted in some cross-border movements across the natural border, historical statistics and qualitative accounts suggest that they were a short episode that left no lasting footprint on the linguistic composition of the municipalities north of the Jura Mountains. 8 The language question was clearly the main driving force behind the creation of the separatist movement in the early 20th century, which demanded more autonomy for the Jura region within Switzerland (Chiffelle, 2005;Hauser, 1997;Mayer, 1968;Voutat, 1992). Volmert (2008, 402) argues that "the separatist movement in the 1910s was clearly nationalist […] and articulated a conception of ethno-linguistic peoplehood as the rationale for Jurassian independence."…”

Section: The 1915 and 1918 Votes On Direct Taxes In Switzerlandmentioning

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“…Clearly, religious differences mattered too (Volmert, 2008). However, given that religion was also a divisive issue within the Jura, separatists typically emphasized a historical (the people of the former clerical principality) or a linguistic (their common language) understanding of peoplehood (Chiffelle, 2005;Hauser, 1997;Voutat, 1992). 9 Such linguistic identity considerations were also repeatedly articulated in the context of the 1918 vote on the introduction of a permanent direct tax at federal level.…”

Section: The 1915 and 1918 Votes On Direct Taxes In Switzerlandmentioning

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Ethnic Minorities, Interstate War, and Popular Support for Fiscal Capacity Development

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Do ethnic majorities and minorities have diverging preferences for fiscal capacity? Do these preferences converge during national emergencies such as interstate war? In this paper, we provide evidence from a natural experiment to demonstrate that politically salient minority-majority divisions undermine the development of fiscal capacity. In addition, we show that the pressure of interstate war is insufficient to supersede differences in support for the expansion of state’s capacity for taxation between majority and minority groups. More specifically, we employ a regression discontinuity design using a natural border that separates linguistic groups and municipality outcomes of a popular vote on the introduction of direct taxation at federal level in Switzerland during the First World War. The findings suggest that salient minority-majority divisions have a negative effect on the expansion of states’ capacity for taxation even during periods of interstate war.

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