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Regionalist Parties in Western Europe: Dimensions of Success book cover

1st Edition

Regionalist Parties in Western Europe Dimensions of Success

Edited By Oscar Mazzoleni, Sean Mueller Copyright 2017
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge
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Regionalist parties matter. Over the past 40 years, they have played an ever-larger role in West European democracies. Because of their relevance and temporal persistence, their achievements have increasingly become visible not only in electoral arena, but also as regards holding office and policy-making. Enhancing our understanding of these different dimensions of success, this book analyses... Read more

Table of Contents

Introduction: Explaining the policy success of regionalist parties in Western Europe

Oscar Mazzoleni & Sean Mueller

Chapter 2: The Scottish National Party: Nationalism for the Many

Lynn Bennie

Chapter 3: The Christlich-Soziale Union: More Than Only One Double Role

Claudius Wagemann

Chapter 4: Moderate Regionalist Parties in Spain: Convergència i Unió and Partido Nacionalista Vasco

Oscar Barberà & Astrid Barrio

Chapter 5: Regionalist Parties in Belgium (N-VA, FDF): A Renewed Success?

Emilie van Haute

Chapter 6: The Südtiroler Volkspartei: Success through conflict, failure through consensus

Günther Pallaver

Chapter 7: The Northern League

Roberto Biorcio

Chapter 8: A Regionalist League in Southern Switzerland

Oscar Mazzoleni

Chapter 9: Conclusion

Oscar Mazzoleni, Sean Mueller and Emilie van Haute

Biography

Dr. Oscar Mazzoleni is professor at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and Director of the Research Observatory for Regional Politics.





Dr. Sean Mueller is Lecturer at the University of Berne, Switzerland, and editorial assistant of the Swiss Political Science Review.

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