Genesis and Context of an Invention: The Juan Linz Questionnaire between Subjective Identity and Nationalist Claims
Thema: Identities in Competition - Debating the Use of the Moreno Question
By Hubert PeresEnglish
The questionnaire known as the "Moreno Question" was invented by Juan Linz in the context of the Spanish democratic transition. Contrary to injunctions by nationalist movements that forced a clear and unique identity (you are this or that, completely or not at all), Linz?s idea consisted in giving respondents a chance to position themselves in relation to the two belongings that are at stake in the situation of a political conflict. Moreover, respondents can not only accept or neglect these belongings but also combine them and specify the mix in a questionnaire equipped with the relevance and simplicity that have made it successful far beyond the Spanish case.