%0 Journal Article %A Ruiz Jiménez, Antonia María %A Romero Portillo, Daniel %A Navarro Ardoy, Luis %T Social patriotism: populist glue for a multinational democracy %D 2021 %U https://hdl.handle.net/10433/19969 %X This article defines contemporary social patriotism as a type ofwelfare nationalism, with characteristics of an achievable civicform of maintenance nationalism. It investigates the presence ofthis type of nationalism in contemporary Spain, pointing out thenovelty of the explicit linkage of patriotism and a reformistagenda by leftist parties. It also argues that social patriotism hasthe leverage for creating transversal identities within amultinational democracy such as Spain. After testing ourhypotheses using qualitative and quantitative data, we discuss theimplications of these findings within a wider European context. %K Leftist populism %K Welfare nationalism %K Banal nationalism %K Spain %~