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Nationalism and self-government : the politics of autonomy in Scotland and Catalonia / Scott L. Greer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greer, Scott L.
- Series:
- SUNY series in national identities
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Self-determination, National--Scotland.
- Self-determination, National.
- History.
- Autonomy and independence movements.
- Scotland--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
- Scotland.
- Scotland--Politics and government--20th century.
- Politics and government.
- Catalonia (Spain)--Politics and government--20th century.
- Catalonia (Spain).
- Catalonia (Spain)--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
- Nationalism--Spain--Catalonia--History.
- Nationalism.
- Spain--Catalonia.
- Physical Description:
- x, 223 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- Scotland and Catalonia, both ancient nations with strong nationalisms within larger states, are exemplars of the management of ethnic conflict in multinational democracies and of global trends toward regional government. Focusing on these two countries, Scott L. Greer explores why nationalist mobilization arose when it did and why it stopped at autonomy rather than statehood. He challenges the notion that national identity or institutional design explains their relative success as stable multinational democracies and argues that the key is their strong regional societies and their regional organizations' preferences for autonomy and environmental stability.
- Contents:
- Autonomy and its explanations
- Two stateless nations : Scotland and Catalonia
- Politics
- Scotland 1960-1979 : the road to nowhere
- Scotland 1979-1997 : centralization and the backlash
- Catalonia 1975-1980 : compelling autonomy
- Catalonia 1980-2000
- Policies
- Shaping autonomous Scotland : the Scotland Office and Scotland Acts
- Constructing Catalonia : policy sectors and the politics of competencies
- Will they stay or will they go?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-217) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0791470474
- 9780791470473
- OCLC:
- 70698803
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