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Nationalism and Social Policy
The Politics of Territorial Solidarity
Daniel Béland and André Lecours
272 pages
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234x156mm
978-0-19-954685-5
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Paperback
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12 August 2010
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- Major new examination of the link between national identity and the welfare state
- Contains indepth case studies
- Brings together two important literatures
Despite the recent proliferation of literature on nationalism and on social policy, relatively little has been written to analyse the possible interaction between the two. Scholars interested in social citizenship have indirectly dealt with the interaction between national identity and social programs such as the British NHS, but they have seldom examined this connection in reference to nationalism. Specialists of nationalism rarely mention social policy, focusing instead on language, culture, ethnicity, and religion. The main objective of this book is to explore the nature of the connection between nationalism and social policy from a comparative and historical perspective.
At the theoretical level, this analysis will shed new light on a more general issue: the relationships between identity formation, territorial politics, and social policy.
Although this book refers to the experience of many different countries, the main cases are three multinational states, that is, states featuring strong nationalist movements: Canada (Québec), the United Kingdom (Scotland), and Belgium (Flanders). The book looks at the interplay between nationalism and social policy at both the state and sub-state levels through a detailed comparison between these three cases. In its concluding chapter, the book brings in cases of mono-national states (i.e. France, Germany, Sweden, and the United States) to provide broader comparative insight on the meshing of nationalism and
social policy. The original theoretical framework for this research is built using insight from selected scholarship on nationalism and on the welfare state.Readership: Scholars and students of political science, especially those interested in the welfare state, social policy, multiculturalism, sociology, and nationalism.
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Daniel Béland, Professor of Public Policy and Sociology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and André Lecours, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Concordia University, Canada
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"A thoughtful discussion of some of the key moments in the rise of the respective nationalist movements...an important and welcome contribution to the debate that is ongoing in this field.
" - Gerry Mooney, Journal of Social Policy
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Introduction
1: Understanding the Nationalism-Social Policy Nexus
2: Canada: Nationalism, Federalism, and Social Policy
3: The United Kingdom: Nationalism, Devolution, and Social Policy
4: Belgium: Nationalism, State Reform, and the Federalisation Debate
Conclusion
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