Elias / Tronconi From Protest to Power

Autonomist parties and the challenges of representation
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-7003-2009-8
Verlag: new academic press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 26, 385 Seiten

Reihe: Studien zur politischen Wirklichkeit

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elias, Anwen

Tronconi, Filippo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Migrations- & Minderheitenpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Parteien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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