Context and Contingency: Constitutional Nationalists and Europe
Context and Contingency: Constitutional Nationalists and Europe
Compares the European policies of three constitutional nationalist parties in the UK: the Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru (Wales), and the Social and Democratic Labour Party (Northern Ireland). It shows how each has, in different ways, used EU integration strategically and tactically to advance its claims. This seeming paradox, of nationalist parties supporting institutions that aim to remove power from the nation, can be explained in a number of ways, all involving some degree of redefinition of the nature of nationalism in the context of globalization.
Keywords: European Union, globalization, nationalism, Northern Ireland, Plaid Cymru, Scotland, Scottish National Party, Social and Democratic Labour Party, UK, Wales
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