1st Edition

Minority Nationalist Parties and European Integration A comparative study

By Anwen Elias Copyright 2009
208 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Different survey-based and case study research has shown that, since the 1980s, minority nationalist parties have become increasingly supportive of European integration. However, this account of minority nationalist party attitudes towards Europe is problematic in several respects. This book makes a major contribution to the academic literature by undertaking a comparative study of the attitudes... Read more

1. Introduction: minority nationalist parties and European integration  2. Theorising the European attitudes of minority nationalist parties  3. Wales: Plaid Cymru  4. Galicia: the Bloque Nacionalista Galego  5. Corsica: a comparison of moderate and radical Corsican nationalist parties  6. Conclusions: a comparative analysis of minority nationalist party attitudes towards European integration

Biography

Anwen Elias is a Lecturer at the Department of Politics, at Aberystwyth University, UK.