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This book explores how regional political parties use Europe to advance their territorial projects in times of rapid state restructuring. It examines the ways in which decentralization and supranational integration have encouraged regional parties to pursue their strategies across multiple territorial levels. This book constitutes the first attempt to unravel the complexities of how nationalist and statewide parties manoeuvre around the twin issues of European integration and decentralization, and exploit the shifting linkages within multi-level political systems.In a detailed comparative exam

Regionalism --- Decentralization in government --- Europe --- Politics and government --- Political parties --- Régionalisme --- Décentralisation administrative --- Partis politiques --- Politique et gouvernement --- Europe. --- European integration. --- decentralisation. --- regional parties. --- regional responses. --- state restructuring. --- supranational integration. --- territorial mobilisation. --- territorial party competition. --- territorial projects.

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Political parties --- Political sociology --- Europe --- Nationalism --- Self-determination, National --- Nationalisme --- Droit des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes --- Partis politiques --- History --- Histoire --- Autonomy and independence movements. --- Politics and government --- Autonomie et mouvements indépendantistes --- Politique et gouvernement --- Droit des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes --- Autonomie et mouvements indépendantistes

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This book explores how governments in multi-level states coordinate immigrant integration policies. It sheds light on how the decentralization of immigrant integration to substate regions can lead to conflict or cooperation, and how a variety of factors may shape different approaches to migrants. Immigrant integration is an increasingly important policy area for governments. However, in multi-level states, immigrant integration is rarely the responsibility of the central' government. Instead, it is often decentralized to substate regions, which may have formulated their own, unique approaches. The way in which migrants are included into one part of a state may therefore be radically different from the experiences of migrants in another. How do multi-level states deal with potentially diverging approaches? This book examines how governments coordinate on immigrant integration in multi-level states. Four multi-level states form the backbone of the analysis: two of which are federal (Canada and Belgium) and two that are decentralized (Italy and Spain). We find that intergovernmental dynamics on immigrant integration are shaped by a variety of factors ranging from party politics to constitutional power struggles. This analysis contributes not only to our understanding of intergovernmental relations in multi-level systems; it also enhances our knowledge of the myriad ways in which different regions seek to include migrants into their societies, economies and political systems. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Regional and Federal Studies.

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"In Quebec and Scotland, questions of constitutional change, national identity, and national grievance play an important role in the electoral calculations of political parties and voters. Taking a strong stance on the national question can have strategic benefits both for parties pushing for greater autonomy and for those endorsing the status quo. In this in-depth look at issue voting, authors Éric Bélanger, Richard Nadeau, Ailsa Henderson, and Eve Hepburn examine how the national question affects political parties and voter behaviour in both substate nations. Through party manifestos, interviews with legislators, and opinion survey data, this book demonstrates that calls for constitutional change influence political debate, competition, voter choice, and the outcome of elections not only within Quebec and Scotland but also across Canada and the United Kingdom. Minority nationalist parties, the authors show, can gain support by claiming ownership of issues with widespread public agreement, such as self-determination and protecting the identity and interests of the nation. A comprehensive analysis of recent electoral politics, The National Question and Electoral Politics in Quebec and Scotland greatly enhances our understanding of the electoral impact of substate nationalism."--

Elections --- Nationalism --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- Electoral politics --- Franchise --- Polls --- Politics, Practical --- Plebiscite --- Political campaigns --- Representative government and representation --- Political aspects --- Québec (Province) --- Scotland --- Politics and government --- Caledonia --- Scotia --- Schotland --- Sŭkʻotʻŭllandŭ --- Ecosse --- Škotska --- Great Britain --- Kempek (Province) --- Canada East --- Province de Québec --- Province of Québec --- Provinsie van Quebec --- Kvebek (Province) --- Правінцыя Квебек --- Pravintsyi︠a︡ Kvebek --- Квебек (Province) --- Κεμπέκ (Province) --- Kebekio (Province) --- Kebek (Province) --- 퀘벡 주 --- Kʻwebek-ju --- Kʻwebek (Province) --- Kupaik (Province) --- קוויבק (Province) --- Ḳṿibeḳ (Province) --- Quebecum (Province) --- Kvebeka (Province) --- Kvebekas (Province) --- Kébeki (Province) --- Кэбэк (Province) --- ケベック州 --- Kebekku-shū --- Kebekkushū --- ケベック (Province) --- Kebekku (Province) --- Provincia Québec --- קוויבעק (Province) --- Kvebeks (Province) --- 魁北克 (Province) --- Kuibeike (Province) --- Kui bei ke (Province) --- Lower Canada