Separatism and sovereignty in the new Europe : party politics and the meanings of statehood in a supranational context /

Separatism and sovereignty in the new Europe : party politics and the meanings of statehood in a supranational context /

This book investigates the question of why, despite European integration and its challenges to state sovereignty, separatist nationalism continues to thrive in European Union member states. Janet Laible argues that the EU, as a context, a set of resources, and a participatory arena, is deeply implic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laible, Janet
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
New York : 2008
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
1989-
Since 1989
Nationalism > European Union countries
Political parties > European Union countries
Supranationalism > European Union countries
International relations
Nationalism
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Nationalism
Political parties
Political science
Politics and Government
Politics and government
Supranationalism
Europe > Politics and government > 1989-
Europe
Europe > European Union countries
European Union countries
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Separatism and statehood in an integrating Europe
  • New contexts and new meanings for strategies of self-government
  • The development of political nationalism in Scotland and Flanders
  • Nationalists and Europe : initial encounters
  • Europeanizing the nationalist agenda : the Scottish National Party
  • Europeanizing the nationalist agenda : Vlaams Belang
  • The European Parliament : the nationalist presence in a European institution
  • Lobbying for the "national interest"
  • Conclusion: New nationalisms in a new Europe?
  • Introduction: Separatism and statehood in an integrating Europe
  • New contexts and new meanings for strategies of self-government
  • The emergence and development of political nationalism in Scotland and Flanders
  • Nationalists and Europe : initial encounters
  • Europeanizing the nationalist agenda : the Scottish National Party
  • Europeanizing the nationalist agenda : Vlaams Belang
  • The European Parliament : the nationalist presence in a European institution
  • Lobbying for the "national interest"
  • Conclusion: New nationalisms in a new Europe?
  • 1 Introduction : separatism and statehood in an integrating Europe
  • 2. New contexts and new meanings for strategies of self-government
  • 3. The emergence and development of political nationalism in Scotland and Flanders
  • 4. Nationalists and Europe : initial encounters
  • 5. Europeanizing the nationalist agenda : the Scottish National Party
  • 6. Europeanizing the nationalist agenda : Vlaams Belang
  • 7. The European parliament : the nationalist presence in a European institution
  • 8. Lobbying for the "national interest"
  • 9. Conclusion : new nationalisms in a new Europe?

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