Long-term social and demographic changes-and the conflicts they create-continue to
transform British politics. In this accessible and authoritative book Sobolewska and Ford …

How do state parties react to the challenge of peripheral parties demanding political power
to be devolved to their culturally distinct territories? Is devolution the best response to these …

This contribution proposes an analytical framework for explaining regionalist parties'
ideological positioning in the multi-dimensional political space. It focuses on three …

Throughout Europe, stateless nationalist and regionalist parties (SNRPs) have moved from
'niche'actors in party systems to mainstream political players. No longer the 'outsider'in party …

The primary dimension of political contestation for regionalist parties is the centre-periphery
dimension but they are pressured to adopt positions on the left-right dimension by …

Territory is a fundamental determinant of politics. It provides the basis for political action,
representation and policy-making (Smiley 1980; Keating 1998: 3), and it also provides a …

Rather than weakening the forces of nationalism among member states, the expanding
power of the European Union actually fosters conditions favorable to regionalist movements …

In many Western European states, an increasing number of autonomist parties are taking
part in government at state and regional levels. To date, however, scholars have paid little …

SCOTTISH POLITICS Page 1 PAUL CAIRNEY & NEIL MCGARVEY SCOTTISH POLITICS
SECOND EDITION Page 2 Scottish Politics Page 3 Also by Paul Cairney THE SCOTTISH …

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has been strongly critical of attempts to resuscitate British
national identity and has sought to present an alternative Scottish cultural and political …