The Politics of Territorial Solidarity: Nationalism and Social Policy Reform in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Belgium Export

@article{citeulike:1881890, abstract = {Despite the recent proliferation of literature on nationalism and on social policy, little has been written to explore the possible interaction between the two. This article explores two essential aspects of the relationship between substate nationalism and welfare-state development in Canada (Quebec), the United Kingdom (Scotland), and Belgium (Flanders). First, the article shows how the processes of identity formation/consolidation and territorial mobilization inherent to substate nationalism often involve a social policy dimension. Second, it analyzes the ways in which substate nationalism has affected welfare-state development in recent decades. Substate nationalism can impact social policy making in at least two ways: by reshaping the policy agenda at both the state and the substate levels and by reinforcing regional policy autonomy, which is depicted as an alternative to centralist schemes. To explain significant variations between the three empirical cases, the article underlines specific institutional, ideological, and socioeconomic factors. 10.1177/0010414005275600}, author = {Beland, Daniel and Lecours, Andre}, citeulike-article-id = {1881890}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0010414005275600}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://cps.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/38/6/676}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0010414005275600}, journal = {Comparative Political Studies}, keywords = {belgium, canada, decentralization, uk, welfarestate}, month = {August}, number = {6}, pages = {676--703}, posted-at = {2007-11-08 00:07:07}, priority = {2}, title = {The Politics of Territorial Solidarity: Nationalism and Social Policy Reform in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Belgium}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0010414005275600}, volume = {38}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1881890 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1881890 N2 - Despite the recent proliferation of literature on nationalism and on social policy, little has been written to explore the possible interaction between the two. This article explores two essential aspects of the relationship between substate nationalism and welfare-state development in Canada (Quebec), the United Kingdom (Scotland), and Belgium (Flanders). First, the article shows how the processes of identity formation/consolidation and territorial mobilization inherent to substate nationalism often involve a social policy dimension. Second, it analyzes the ways in which substate nationalism has affected welfare-state development in recent decades. Substate nationalism can impact social policy making in at least two ways: by reshaping the policy agenda at both the state and the substate levels and by reinforcing regional policy autonomy, which is depicted as an alternative to centralist schemes. To explain significant variations between the three empirical cases, the article underlines specific institutional, ideological, and socioeconomic factors. 10.1177/0010414005275600 IS - 6 JF - Comparative Political Studies EP - 703 TI - The Politics of Territorial Solidarity: Nationalism and Social Policy Reform in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Belgium VL - 38 SP - 676 KW - belgium KW - canada KW - decentralization KW - uk KW - welfarestate AU - Beland, Daniel AU - Lecours, Andre PY - 2005/08/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0010414005275600 ER -