Nationalism of the Rich
Subtitle: Discourses and Strategies of Separatist Parties in Catalonia, Flanders, Northern Italy and Scotland
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group; Routledge
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781138066885
Subjects: Rhetoric; Europe, politics and government, 1945-; Catalonia (spain); Spain, history; Belgium, history; Italy, history; Scotland, history; Nationalism, europe; Europe, politics and government
Description: "Based on rigorous analysis of the propaganda of five Western European separatist parties, this book provides in-depth examination of the 'nationalism of the rich, ' defined as a type of nationalist discourse that seeks to end the economic 'exploitation' suffered by a group of people represented as a wealthy nation and supposedly carried out by the populations of poorer regions and/or by inefficient state administrations. The book argues that the nationalism of the rich can be seen as a rhetorical strategy portraying independent statehood as a solution to the dilemma between solidarity and efficiency arisen in Western Europe since the end of the glorious thirties"--Provided by publisher.