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Domestic Ethnic Nationalism And Regional European Transnationalism: A Confluence Of Impediments Opposing Turkey’S Eu Accession Bid, Glen M.E. Duerr
Domestic Ethnic Nationalism And Regional European Transnationalism: A Confluence Of Impediments Opposing Turkey’S Eu Accession Bid, Glen M.E. Duerr
History and Government Faculty Presentations
The proliferation of European Union (EU) institutions has served, in part, to change the nature of identity in Europe. Not only do people identify with their national state, but they also increasingly identify themselves as European. The structure of the EU currently falls between the positions of intergovernmentalism and supranationalism, and this debate helps to explain the middle ground between concurrent identifications with the national state and also with the continent.
This paper specifically examines statements made by three nationalist parties in Western Europe including Vlaams Belang (VB) in Belgium, Front National (FN) in France, and the Freedom Party (FPO) …
Compounding The Policy Platform Of Independence: Nationalist Party “Diffusion” In Quebec And Flanders, Glen M.E. Duerr
Compounding The Policy Platform Of Independence: Nationalist Party “Diffusion” In Quebec And Flanders, Glen M.E. Duerr
History and Government Faculty Presentations
The proliferation of nationalist political parties in the developed world continues to challenge the integrity of some of the world’s most stable democracies. In Canada and Belgium, both countries have experienced the challenge of nationalist parties in the province of Quebec and region of Flanders respectively. However, in both cases, there are now at least two nationalist political parties that both support the idea of independence for both Quebec and Flanders. This nationalist party “diffusion” further challenges the integrity of the Canadian and Belgian states.
The Parti Quebecois has served as the main sponsor of nationalism in the province of …