Rethinking Stateless Nations and National Identity in Wales and the Basque Country

• Main Author: Williams, Sophie (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Comparative politics.; Citizenship.; Europe-Politics and government.; World politics.; Political sociology.; Comparative Politics.; European Politics.; Political History.; Political Sociology.

This book looks at the fundamental components of national identity as understood by ordinary nation members, and the way in which it is mobilised by political elites. Drawing on an original case comparison between Wales and the Basque Country, the author suggests there are many commonalities between...

Table of Contents:

• 1: Introduction
• 2: Stateless Nations Reconceptualised: Theoretical Framework and Choosing Wales and the Basque Country
• 3: Ordinary Conceptualisations of Welshness and Basqueness
• 4: Political Conceptualisations of Welshness and Basqueness
• 5: Comparing Stateless Nations: Insights from Wales and the Basque Country
• 6:Conclusion.