1st Edition

Regionalism after Regionalisation Spain, France and the United Kingdom

By Frans Schrijver Copyright 2006
434 Pages
by Routledge

434 Pages
by Routledge

Throughout Europe regionalist movements claim more autonomy for their region, pointing at cultural and historical distinctiveness and the demands of their populations. In some places violence is used to put pressure on the state, and in many states in Europe and elsewhere the issue of regional minorities figures prominently on political agendas. Over the last few decades many states have... Read more
Regionalism after regionalisation, Methodology, Spain, regionalism in the State of the Autonomies, Regionalism and Galicianisation in autonomous Galicia, France, regionalism in the one and indivisible Republic, Brittany, regionalism in an administrative region, Regionalism and regionalisation in the United Kingdom, Welsh politics and regionalism after devolution, Comparisons, Conclusions, References.

Biography

Frans Schrijver studied political geography at the University of Amsterdam. He has carried out his PhD research at the Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies (AMIDSt) under the supervision of Hans Knippenberg and Virginie Mamadouh.