Description
Offering an confrontation of the uncritical choice of the 'nation-state' as a unit of analysis in postwar social science, this book utilises specially collected data from 14 regions across five European states to explores how citizens define and pursue collective goals at regional scale as well as at the scale of the 'nation-state'.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Regional Public Attitudes Beyond Methodological Nationalism; C.Jeffery 2. Citizenship After Devolution in the United Kingdom: Public Attitudes in Scotland and Wales; A.Henderson, C.Jeffery, D.Wincott and R.W.Jones 3. A Comparative study of Citizenship in Three Spanish Autonomous Communities; C.Galais, E.Martinez-Herrera and F.Pallarés 4. Regional Citizenship in Germany: Solidarity and Participation in a Unitary Federal State; J.Oberhofer, D.Roth, J.Stehlin, R.Sturm and F.Wille 5. Public Attitudes to National and Regional Citizenship in a Unitary Federal State: The Case of Austria; F.Fallend, P.A.Ulram and E.Zugmeister 6. Regional Citizenship and Scales of Governance in France; R.Pasquier 7. Multi-level Citizenship in Europe: A Comparative Examination of the Rescaling of Political Life; A.Henderson 8. Conclusions: Citizenship After the Nation State- The 2009 Survey and Beyond; D.Wincott and R.W.Jones
