Description
Book SynopsisThis book examines how regional political parties have used Europe to advance their territorial projects in a period of rapid state restructuring. It offers a new and theoretically innovative account of the dynamics of multi-level governance based on a comparative study of territorial party strategies in the UK, Germany and Italy.
Trade Review"While there is a rich literature on the positioning of national political parties on European issues, the specific challenges and opportunities that European integration presents for regional political parties have been less thoroughly explored. Eve Hepburn's monograph on territorial party strategies seeks to fill this gap."
"The strength of the book is clearly in its strong empirical focus and research design, which allows Hepburn to compare party strategies not only across regions, but also over an extended time span."
"The author should be commended for expanding the empirical scope of her study to include all regional parties, and not just minority nationalist actors as have featured in scholarly work on regional party attitudes towards Europe hitherto."
"the book will undoubtedly become required reading for a broad community of scholars."
the book offers a good theoretical framework
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Table of ContentsList of figures
List of tables
Preface and acknowledgements
List of acronyms
1. Introduction: regional party strategies in Europe
2. Territorial strategies: autonomy and capacity
3. Scottish party responses to Europe and Devolution
4. Bavarian defence of the Heimat in Europe
5. Sardinian autonomy in the Mediterranean
6. Conclusion: the cyclical nature of territorial strategies in Europe
Bibliography
Index
