Separatism and Sovereignty in the New Europe

Party Politics and the Meanings of Statehood in a Supranational Context
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-349-37572-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 361 g

This book investigates why, despite European integration, separatist nationalism continues to thrive in EU member states. Laible demonstrates that the EU sustains the importance of statehood, and therefore separatism, and creates new forms of political capital that nationalists employ in their struggles for self-government.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Laible, Janet

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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: The Vlaams Belang The European Parliament: The Nationalist Presence in a European Institution Lobbying for the 'National Interest' Conclusion: New Nationalisms in a New Europe?

Über Autor(innen)

JANET LAIBLE is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA where she teaches courses on nationalism, Western European politics and the European Union.