From Protest to Power Autonomist parties and the challenges of representation
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Anwen Elias, Filippo Tronconi
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From Protest to Power Autonomist parties and the challenges of representation
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new academic press
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9783700320098
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Politikwissenschaft
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Since the 1960s and 1970s, autonomist parties have experienced unprecedented electoral and political success. Whilst they were often considered outsider parties until a few decades ago, they are now established political actors in many European countries,enjoying significant parliamentary representation and participating in governmental coalitions at regional and national level.Given the significance of autonomist parties within political systems across Western Europe, an analysis of the ways in which political representation has impacted upon the autonomist party family is long overdue. This volume undertakes such an analysis. Firstly, it maps the ways in which autonomist parties have evolved within their respective political and institutional arenas. Secondly, the volume examines the ways in which entering different electoral settings, such as regional and national parliaments and governments have impacted upon autonomist parties, both in terms of their internal organisation,and the goal that they pursue within different political arenas. Thirdly, the volume addresses the question of the degree to which autonomist parties matter within their respective political systems, in the sense that they have successfully pushed for the territorial reorganisation of the state in a way that increases the autonomy of the minority nation.
Contents
5
Preface
7
List of Acronyms
9
Notes on Contributors
11
Acknowledgements
13
Introduction: Autonomist Parties and the Challenges of Political Representation
15
The Volksunie
41
The Lega Nord
65
Convergència i Unió
89
The Partido Nacionalista Vasco
113
The Bloque Nacionalista Galego
139
Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya
161
The Südtiroler Volkspartei
185
The Union Valdôtaine
209
The Social Democratic and Labour Party
229
The Scottish National Party
247
Plaid Cymru
273
The Vlaams Belang
297
Radical Nationalism in Corsica
315
The Abertzale Left in the Basque Country
337
Autonomist Parties from Protest to Power: A Comparative Overview
359
