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The Politics of Territorial Solidarity

Nationalism and Social Policy Reform in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Belgium

Daniel Béland

University of Calgary

André Lecours

Concordia University

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 two ways: 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.

Key Words: federalism • nationalism • inequality • institutions • solidarity • social policy

Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 38, No. 6, 676-703 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0010414005275600
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