Regionalist parties in Western Europe

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of illustrations......Page 10
Series editor's preface......Page 12
Notes on contributors......Page 14
Preface......Page 16
List of abbreviations......Page 18
Introduction: ethnoregionalist parties as ethnic entrepreneurs......Page 20
Ethnoregionalist parties in Western Europe: theoretical considerations and framework of analysis......Page 36
The Volksunie and the dilemma between policy success and electoral survival in Flanders......Page 47
Regionalist parties in French-speaking Belgium: the Rassemblement Wallon and the Front Democratique des Francophones......Page 70
Nationalist parties in Catalonia: Convergncia Democrtica de Catalunya and Esquerra Republicana......Page 89
Moderate nationalist parties in the Basque Country: Partido Nacionalista Vasco and Eusko Alkartasuna......Page 106
The Scottish National Party: development and change......Page 124
Plaid Cymru: dilemmas and ambiguities of Welsh regional nationalism......Page 144
The Lega Nord......Page 162
The Sdtiroler Volkspartei: a hegemonic ethnoregionalist party......Page 177
The failure of regionalist party formation in Corsica......Page 193
Co-operation between regionalist parties at the level of the European Union: the European Free Alliance......Page 209
Conclusion: a comparative analysis of the electoral, office and policy success of ethnoregionalist parties......Page 223
Index......Page 267