page_title: Cantonalism
section_title: Spain
hierarchical_section_title: Cantonalism / Spain
context_page_description: Cantonalism, mainly prevalent in the late 19th century and early 20th century Spain, is a political option which aims to divide the state into highly autonomous cantons.
  It advocates federalism with a radical character. Its goal is to establish a confederation of towns or cities as a federation of independent units. It has a resemblance in some ways to the Greek polis. Cantonalism was predominantly a phenomenon of the petty bourgeoisie, but also had a great influence on the nascent labor movement, and constituted a precedent for anarchism in Spain.
context_section_description: In Spain there have been two eras when cantonalism has come to the forefront.
caption: Federal Shield of Valencia Canton, 1873
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