Dear List Members,
Because it did not appear in a social policy/public policy journal, I
would like to let you know about the publication of the following article
on the relationship between national identity and social policy. I can
send you a copy of the article upon request:
Daniel Béland and André Lecours (2005), "The Politics of Territorial
Solidarity: Nationalism and Social Policy Reform in Canada, the United
Kingdom, and Belgium," Comparative Political Studies, 38 (6): 676-703.
ABSTRACT
Despite the recent proliferation of literature on nationalism and on
social policy, little has been written to explore the possible interaction
between the two. This article explores two essential aspects of the
relationship between substate nationalism and welfare-state development in
Canada (Québec), the United Kingdom (Scotland), and Belgium (Flanders).
First, the article shows how the processes of identity
formation/consolidation and territorial mobilization inherent to substate
nationalism often involve a social policy dimension. Second, it analyzes
the ways in which substate nationalism has affected welfare-state
development in recent decades. Substate nationalism can impact social
policy making in at least twoways: by reshaping the policy agenda
at both the state and the substate levels and by reinforcing regional
policy autonomy, which is depicted as an alternative to centralist
schemes. To explain significant variations between the
three empirical cases, the article underlines specific institutional,
ideological, and socioeconomic factors.
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Sincerely,
Daniel Béland
Department of Sociology
University of Calgary
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http://soci.ucalgary.ca/Home/faculty/daniel_beland.html
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