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The European Union and the Rise of Regionalist Parties (New Comparative Politics)
Seth Kincaid Jolly
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Hardcover. An examination of the relationship between the expanding power of the EU and increased regionalist mobilization and the role it may play in reshaping Europe s national boundaries" Series: New Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25 tables, 27 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Rather than weakening the forces of nationalism among member states, the expanding power of the European Union actually fosters conditions favourable to regionalist movements within traditional nation-states. Using a cross-national, quantitative study of the advent of regionalist political parties and their success in national parliamentary elections since the 1960s, along with a detailed case study of the fortunes of the pro-independence Scottish National Party, Seth K. Jolly demonstrates that supranational integration and subnational fragmentation are not merely coincidental but related in a theoretical and predictable way.
At the core of his argument, Jolly posits the Viability Theory: the theory ... Read more
Rather than weakening the forces of nationalism among member states, the expanding power of the European Union actually fosters conditions favourable to regionalist movements within traditional nation-states. Using a cross-national, quantitative study of the advent of regionalist political parties and their success in national parliamentary elections since the 1960s, along with a detailed case study of the fortunes of the pro-independence Scottish National Party, Seth K. Jolly demonstrates that supranational integration and subnational fragmentation are not merely coincidental but related in a theoretical and predictable way.
At the core of his argument, Jolly posits the Viability Theory: the theory ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Series
New Comparative Politics
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472072590
SKU
V9780472072590
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About Seth Kincaid Jolly
Seth K. Jolly is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, USA.
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