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Territory continues to be an essential part of modern political
discussion, evidenced in the recent decentralization of state
structures and rise of sub-state nationalist and regionalist
parties. With extensive empirical evidence alongside contemporary
theory, this multidisciplinary Handbook makes the case for an
outright rejection of state-centric views on territorial politics.
Original research by political scientists, geographers,
sociologists, lawyers, historians and public policy specialists
demonstrates how territory continues to have an impact across
institutional and political structures, as well as on culture,
identity and citizenship. Over four sections, contributions cover
institutions and ideas; elections and political parties; public
policy concerns; and geographical perspectives, including conflict
resolution and gendered approaches to territorial politics. With
perspectives from European, North American, South Asian, Middle
Eastern and Australasian case studies, Klaus Detterbeck and Eve
Hepburn provide a state-of-the-art international Handbook of
Territorial Politics. Incorporating public policy, comparative
politics, multilevel governance and political geography, this
Handbook provides scholars and students with a compelling
compendium on territorial politics that will prove invaluable.
Contributors include: I. Adam, J. Agnew, P. Anderson, N. Aroney, N.
Behnke, D. Beland, N. Bolleyer, C. Colino, L. de Winter, K.
Detterbeck, J. Erk, K. Fahey, M. Gomez, S.L. Greer, E. Hepburn, M.
Keating, S. Keil, A. Lecours, P. Lynch, A. Mantegna, L. Moreno, S.
Piattoni, L. Piccoli, A.H. Schakel, C. Sharman, K. Stolz, W.
Swenden, M. Tatham, S. Vergari, J. Vickers, S. Walti, C.S. Weissert
This book explores how governments in multi-level states coordinate
immigrant integration policies. It sheds light on how the
decentralization of immigrant integration to substate regions can
lead to conflict or cooperation, and how a variety of factors may
shape different approaches to migrants. Immigrant integration is an
increasingly important policy area for governments. However, in
multi-level states, immigrant integration is rarely the
responsibility of the ‘central’ government. Instead, it is
often decentralized to substate regions, which may have formulated
their own, unique approaches. The way in which migrants are
included into one part of a state may therefore be radically
different from the experiences of migrants in another. How do
multi-level states deal with potentially diverging approaches? This
book examines how governments coordinate on immigrant integration
in multi-level states. Four multi-level states form the backbone of
the analysis: two of which are federal (Canada and Belgium) and two
that are decentralized (Italy and Spain). We find that
intergovernmental dynamics on immigrant integration are shaped by a
variety of factors ranging from party politics to constitutional
power struggles. This analysis contributes not only to our
understanding of intergovernmental relations in multi-level
systems; it also enhances our knowledge of the myriad ways in which
different regions seek to include migrants into their societies,
economies and political systems. The chapters in this book were
originally published as a special issue of Regional and Federal
Studies.
This book explores how governments in multi-level states coordinate
immigrant integration policies. It sheds light on how the
decentralization of immigrant integration to substate regions can
lead to conflict or cooperation, and how a variety of factors may
shape different approaches to migrants. Immigrant integration is an
increasingly important policy area for governments. However, in
multi-level states, immigrant integration is rarely the
responsibility of the 'central' government. Instead, it is often
decentralized to substate regions, which may have formulated their
own, unique approaches. The way in which migrants are included into
one part of a state may therefore be radically different from the
experiences of migrants in another. How do multi-level states deal
with potentially diverging approaches? This book examines how
governments coordinate on immigrant integration in multi-level
states. Four multi-level states form the backbone of the analysis:
two of which are federal (Canada and Belgium) and two that are
decentralized (Italy and Spain). We find that intergovernmental
dynamics on immigrant integration are shaped by a variety of
factors ranging from party politics to constitutional power
struggles. This analysis contributes not only to our understanding
of intergovernmental relations in multi-level systems; it also
enhances our knowledge of the myriad ways in which different
regions seek to include migrants into their societies, economies
and political systems. The chapters in this book were originally
published as a special issue of Regional and Federal Studies.
Are populist radical right (PRR) parties the only alternatives for
voters seeking restrictive and assimilationist outcomes? Or is a
mainstream choice available? Popular opinion and social media
commentaries often criticize mainstream parties for facing in the
same liberal and multicultural direction. Literature on parties and
elections equally suggests a convergence of policy positions and
the disappearance of any significant differences between parties.
This edited volume is an attempt to challenge such perceptions and
conclusions. By systematically coding manifestos for seventeen
mainstream and six PRR parties in Western Europe, the book explores
positional differences between mainstream and niche contenders over
three key elections between 2002 and 2015. The findings indicate
more choice than initially expected, but these restrictive and
assimilationist options are usually in close proximity to each
other and typically less intense than those of the PRR. This can
help explain the continuous growth of the PRR despite the presence
of a mainstream alternative. Yet party system dynamics also matter.
Contributing authors thus investigate a number of arguments in the
precarious relationship between mainstream parties, the electorate
and the PRR, as well as between different mainstream parties.
Throughout Europe, stateless nationalist and regionalist parties
have moved from 'niche' actors in party systems to mainstream
political players. No longer the 'outsider' in party politics,
these parties have successfully entered government at the regional
and state levels and many have been responsible for pushing the
agenda for radical constitutional change in the United Kingdom,
Spain, Italy, Belgium, Germany and France. However, the
transformation of these parties from peripheral movements to
established parties of government does not come without its
problems. Whilst these parties were once able to focus on the
single issue of self-determination, they have been forced to change
their strategies, alter their behaviour and compromise on their
principles in order to succeed in an era of electoral volatility,
partisan dealignment and multi-level governance. This book explores
how stateless nationalist and regionalist parties across Western
Europe have responded to the twin challenges of multi-level
politics (i.e. operating at the regional, state and European
levels), and a multi-dimensional policy space, whereby they must
articulate policy proposals alongside their territorial demands.
Written by leading experts in the field, this is a cutting-edge
collection of theoretical, analytical and empirical work on the
challenges currently facing nationalist and regionalist parties in
Europe. This book was previously published as a special issue of
Regional and Federal Studies.
The dynamics for any moves for political independence in the 21st
century are very different from those of the 20th. The aspirations
of former colonies to independence are grinding to a halt; the
rationale for selfdetermination is increasingly driven by strategic
and pragmatic economic arguments, and not so much by nationalist
appeals. Meanwhile, creative governance, fiscal vicissitudes and
membership of supra-national bodies have ushered in examples of
'sovereign states' that approximate suzerain entities. Are
independence movements active today aspiring to a different kind of
sovereignty from their 20th century predecessors, one that secures
autonomy at home, but which maintains a special relationship with a
larger, richer, country? This collection critically reviews the
origins, policies and aspirations of independence movements from
the world's subnational island jurisdictions, where a distinct and
separate geography tends to facilitate the emergence of an equally
distinct political and cultural identity. These island territories
are the world's top candidates for achieving sovereign status. And
yet various factors are preventing them from making the final push
towards independence. This book was originally published as a
special issue of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics
Throughout Europe, stateless nationalist and regionalist parties
have moved from 'niche' actors in party systems to mainstream
political players. No longer the 'outsider' in party politics,
these parties have successfully entered government at the regional
and state levels and many have been responsible for pushing the
agenda for radical constitutional change in the United Kingdom,
Spain, Italy, Belgium, Germany and France. However, the
transformation of these parties from peripheral movements to
established parties of government does not come without its
problems. Whilst these parties were once able to focus on the
single issue of self-determination, they have been forced to change
their strategies, alter their behaviour and compromise on their
principles in order to succeed in an era of electoral volatility,
partisan dealignment and multi-level governance. This book explores
how stateless nationalist and regionalist parties across Western
Europe have responded to the twin challenges of multi-level
politics (i.e. operating at the regional, state and European
levels), and a multi-dimensional policy space, whereby they must
articulate policy proposals alongside their territorial demands.
Written by leading experts in the field, this is a cutting-edge
collection of theoretical, analytical and empirical work on the
challenges currently facing nationalist and regionalist parties in
Europe. This book was previously published as a special issue of
Regional and Federal Studies.
Are populist radical right (PRR) parties the only alternatives for
voters seeking restrictive and assimilationist outcomes? Or is a
mainstream choice available? Popular opinion and social media
commentaries often criticize mainstream parties for facing in the
same liberal and multicultural direction. Literature on parties and
elections equally suggests a convergence of policy positions and
the disappearance of any significant differences between parties.
This edited volume is an attempt to challenge such perceptions and
conclusions. By systematically coding manifestos for seventeen
mainstream and six PRR parties in Western Europe, the book explores
positional differences between mainstream and niche contenders over
three key elections between 2002 and 2015. The findings indicate
more choice than initially expected, but these restrictive and
assimilationist options are usually in close proximity to each
other and typically less intense than those of the PRR. This can
help explain the continuous growth of the PRR despite the presence
of a mainstream alternative. Yet party system dynamics also matter.
Contributing authors thus investigate a number of arguments in the
precarious relationship between mainstream parties, the electorate
and the PRR, as well as between different mainstream parties.
This book explores how regional political parties use Europe to
advance their territorial projects in times of rapid state
restructuring. It examines the ways in which decentralization and
supranational integration have encouraged regional parties to
pursue their strategies across multiple territorial levels. This
book constitutes the first attempt to unravel the complexities of
how nationalist and statewide parties manoeuvre around the twin
issues of European integration and decentralization, and exploit
the shifting linkages within multi-level political systems. In a
detailed comparative examination of three cases - Scotland, Bavaria
and Sardinia - over a thirty-year period, the book explores how
integration has altered the nature of territorial party competition
and identifies the limits of Europe for territorial projects. In
addressing these issues, this work moves beyond present scholarship
on multi-level governance to explain the diversity of regional
responses to Europe. By providing important new insights and
empirical research on the conduct of territorial party politics,
and an innovative model of territorial mobilization in Europe, this
book will be of great interest to students and scholars of
comparative politics, European studies, regionalism and federalism,
political parties and devolution. -- .
In Quebec and Scotland, questions of constitutional change,
national identity, and national grievance play an important role in
the electoral calculations of political parties and voters. Taking
a strong stance on the national question can have strategic
benefits both for parties pushing for greater autonomy and for
those endorsing the status quo. In this in-depth look at issue
voting, authors Eric Belanger, Richard Nadeau, Ailsa Henderson, and
Eve Hepburn examine how the national question affects political
parties and voter behaviour in both substate nations. Through party
manifestos, interviews with legislators, and opinion survey data,
this book demonstrates that calls for constitutional change
influence political debate, competition, voter choice, and the
outcome of elections not only within Quebec and Scotland but also
across Canada and the United Kingdom. Minority nationalist parties,
the authors show, can gain support by claiming ownership of issues
with widespread public agreement, such as self-determination and
protecting the identity and interests of the nation. A
comprehensive analysis of recent electoral politics, The National
Question and Electoral Politics in Quebec and Scotland greatly
enhances our understanding of the electoral impact of substate
nationalism.
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