Europe's Old States and the New World Order: The Politics of Transition in Britain, France and Spain: The Politics of Transition in Britain, France an (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781900621427)

Much attention has been paid to globalization, yet little has been focused on the relationship between the national and sub-national levels of politics. This publication has separate sections on the state in transition; on regionalism, nationalism and separatism; and on the security forces and the maintenance of order. The three states chosen - Britain, France and Spain - have historical similarities as ex-imperial, Atlantic seaboard states with weighty historical and institutional traditions. But they also differ in their institutions, in their centre-periphery relations and in their varying responses to the new phase of change. The authors assess the new constitutional configurations in each state - decentralisation, devolution or autonomous governments - and analyse the effect on the peripheries and the maintenance of order. The book also includes chapters on conflict in Northern Ireland and the Spanish Basque country and discussion of nationalist identity and assertion in the three countries.

Author: Joseph Ruane
ISBN-10: 1900621428
ISBN-13: 9781900621427
Publisher: University College Dublin Press
Language: English
Published: 01/10/2019
Pages: 322
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.24w x 0.85d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2004 pg. 730