Title: The European Union and the rise of regionalist parties
Description: Using a cross-national, quantitative study and a detailed case study of the pro-independence Scottish National Party, demonstrates that supranational integration and subnational fragmentation are related in theoretical and predictable ways. Posits that the EU makes smaller states more viable and politically attractive by diminishing the relative economic and political advantages of larger-sized states.
Subjects: Political parties, Regionalism, Political parties, europe
Places: European Union countries