Beschreibung:
This book explores how stateless nationalist and regionalist parties across Western Europe have responded to the twin challenges of multi-level politics, and a multi-dimensional policy space, whereby they must articulate policy proposals alongside their territorial demands.
1. Introduction: Re-conceptualising Sub-state Mobilization Eve Hepburn 2. Explaining Regionalist Party Positioning in a Multidimensional Ideological Space: A Framework for Analysis Emanuele Massetti 3. From Protest to Power: Mapping the Ideological Evolution of Plaid Cymru and the Bloque Nacionalista Galego Anwen Elias 4. The Rise and Fall of the Belgian Regionalist Parties Kris Deschouwer 5. A Regional(ist) Party in Denial? The German PDS and its Arrival in Unified Germany Dan Hough and Michael Koß 6. Explaining Failure: The Highs and Lows of Sardinian Nationalism Eve Hepburn 7. From Social Democracy back to No Ideology? The Scottish National Party and Ideological Change in a Multi-level Electoral Setting Peter Lynch 8. New Research Agendas on Regional Party Competition Charlie Jeffery