From Protest to Power (eBook)

Autonomist parties and the challenges of representation

Anwen Elias, Filippo Tronconi (Herausgeber)

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2017 | 1. Auflage
385 Seiten
new academic press (Verlag)
978-3-7003-2009-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Since the 1960s and 1970s, autonomist parties have experienced unprecedented electoral and political success. Whilst they were often considered outsider parties until a few decades ago, they are now established political actors in many European countries,enjoying significant parliamentary representation and participating in governmental coalitions at regional and national level.Given the significance of autonomist parties within political systems across Western Europe, an analysis of the ways in which political representation has impacted upon the autonomist party family is long overdue. This volume undertakes such an analysis. Firstly, it maps the ways in which autonomist parties have evolved within their respective political and institutional arenas. Secondly, the volume examines the ways in which entering different electoral settings, such as regional and national parliaments and governments have impacted upon autonomist parties, both in terms of their internal organisation,and the goal that they pursue within different political arenas. Thirdly, the volume addresses the question of the degree to which autonomist parties matter within their respective political systems, in the sense that they have successfully pushed for the territorial reorganisation of the state in a way that increases the autonomy of the minority nation.

Inhalt

Contents 5
Preface 7
List of Acronyms 9
Notes on Contributors 11
Acknowledgements 13
Introduction: Autonomist Parties and the Challenges of Political Representation 15
The Volksunie 41
The Lega Nord 65
Convergència i Unió 89
The Partido Nacionalista Vasco 113
The Bloque Nacionalista Galego 139
Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya 161
The Südtiroler Volkspartei 185
The Union Valdôtaine 209
The Social Democratic and Labour Party 229
The Scottish National Party 247
Plaid Cymru 273
The Vlaams Belang 297
Radical Nationalism in Corsica 315
The Abertzale Left in the Basque Country 337
Autonomist Parties from Protest to Power: A Comparative Overview 359

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.6.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• ISBN-10: 3-7003-2009-4 / 3700320094
• ISBN-13: 978-3-7003-2009-8 / 9783700320098