Regionalism after regionalisation : Spain, France and the United Kingdom : academisch proefschrift
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Regionalism after regionalisation : Spain, France and the United Kingdom : academisch proefschrift
Vossiuspers UvA, c2006
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Note
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral) -- Universiteit van Amsterdam
Summary in Dutch
Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-410)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Throughout Europe regionalist movements claim more autonomy for their region, pointing at cultural and historical distinctiveness and the demands of their populations. In some places violence is used to put pressure on the state, and in many states in Europe and elsewhere the issue of regional minorities figures prominently on political agendas. Over the last few decades many states have introduced regional governments and parliaments, often as an answer to regionalist demands with a view of making regionalist movements redundant and satisfying most of their supporters. Others have warned that this was a step towards fragmentation and even the break-up of nation states.
Regionalism after Regionalisation presents a response to this debate. Concentrating on three countries, Spain, France and the United Kingdom, and three regional case studies of Galicia, Brittany and Wales, this book offers an analysis of the development of political regionalism after regionalisation. It examines the ways in which regionalisation influences the institutionalisation of a region and the establishment of regional identities. It explains how the introduction of regional governments and elections alters the conditions in which claims for a regionalist project are put forward and in which ways it effects public demands for regional autonomy. This study analyses whether regionalisation is accepted as a sufficient answer to those demanding political and cultural autonomy, and how political actors from regionalist and mainstream political parties deal with new regional political institutions as opportunities to mobilise support.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents Introduction - 15 Regionalism after regionalisation - 22 Methodology - 68 Spain, regionalism in the Stateof the Autonomies - 82 Regionalism and Galicianisationin autonomous Galicia - 120 France, regionalism in the oneand indivisible Republic - 171 Brittany, regionalism in anadministrative region - 209 Regionalism and regionalisationin the United Kingdom - 262 Welsh politics and regionalismafter devolution - 292 Comparisons - 344 Conclusions - 364 References - 376
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