Publications

My research focuses on comparative politics, territorial politics, multilevel governance, political parties and political discourse, with particular attention to Spain and Europe.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Ferreira, C., Ubasart, G., 2026. ¿Un modelo penitenciario propio y diferenciado? Características de la política de ejecución penal en Cataluña 40 años después del traspaso de las competencias. Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 16(1), pp. 288-312.

• Ferreira, C., 2024. Pro-independence Party Frames and Public Opinion: Do They Work? Ethnopolitics, 1-15. Advance online publication.

• Anderson, P., Brown Swan, C., Ferreira, C., Sijstermans, J., 2024. State making or state breaking? Crisis, COVID-19 and the constitution in Belgium, Spain and the United Kingdom. Nations and Nationalism, 30(1), pp. 110-127.

• Ferreira, C., 2024. Identity, Money, or Governance? Explaining Secessionist Parties’ Rhetorical Strategies. Party Politics, 30(1), pp. 179-189.

• Ferreira, C., 2023. “Improving People’s Lives”: The Socioeconomic Turn in Party Justifications for Constitutional Change. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 29(3), pp. 294-312.

• Ferreira, C., 2022. Entrapped in a Failing Course of Action: Explaining the Territorial Crisis in 2017 Catalonia. Regional & Federal Studies, 32(5), pp. 573-592.

• Ferreira, C., 2019. Vox como Representante de la Derecha Radical en España: un Estudio sobre su Ideología. Revista Española de Ciencia Política, 51, pp. 73-98.

• Ferreira, C., 2019. Challenging Majority Nationalism: The Renaming of Streets in Catalonia. REAF-Journal of Self-Government, 29, pp. 101-138.

Book Chapters

• Ferreira, C., 2021. “Conflicts Over Nation-Building in Multinational States: The Majority Nationalism’s case for Neutrality”, in Byrne, S. (ed.) El Procés: Identity and Nation in 21st Century Catalonia. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 91-111.

Book Reviews

• Ferreira, C., 2023. Handbook on Decentralization, Devolution and the State, edited by Ignacio Lago. Regional & Federal Studies, 33(3), pp. 397-398

• Ferreira, C., 2020. Strategies of Secession and Counter-Secession, edited by Ryan D. Griffiths & Diego Muro. REAF-Journal of Self-Government, 32, pp. 191-194.

Other publications

• Ferreira, C., 2020. “Nation-building in a Multinational State: Between Majority and Minority Aspirations“. 50 Shades of Federalism.

• Ferreira, C. 2019. “El color polític dels alcaldes i alcaldesses a les comarques gironines“. Àmbits de Política i Societat, monogràfic “Girona, perfil divers”. Barcelona: Col·legi de Politòlegs i Sociòlegs de Catalunya.