Non-state nations: Structure, rescaling, and the role of territorial policy communities, illustrated by the cases of Wales and Sardinia

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Clifton, Nick
Usai, Alessia
Date
2018-12-13Acceptance date
2018-12-13
Date Deposited
2019-01-07
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Article
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SAGE Journals
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2399-6544
2399-6552 (online)
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This paper explores the role of non-state nations’ identity and agency with regard to relations with their host nation states. The particular focus here is on the means by which such regions might express their individuality. To this end, we employ a comparative case study analysis of two non-state nations with a range of differing yet in other ways similar qualities – namely Wales (UK) and Sardinia (Italy). We suggest that this is a valuable exercise, allowing as it does for the exploring of evidence ‘on the ground’ of the processes involved. The conceptual rationale for the paper is provided by new regionalism – regions as actors beyond the nation state. Following this, the idea of the ‘territorial policy community’ is presented as a point of departure, with the scope of the paper being to develop a diachronic framework for regional change. Given the focus on identity and interest articulation, the role of regional political parties is a particular subject of the empirical investigation, with non-state nations and nation states linked by opportunistic relationships based on political and electoral support. We then consider what this might mean with regard to the capacity of non-state nations to build on the past to successfully negotiate future policy-making agendas. Finally, we reflect on the limitations of the study, and consider the implications of its findings for further research agendas.
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Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space;
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Clifton, N. and Usai, A. (2018) 'Non-state nations: Structure, rescaling, and the role of territorial policy communities, illustrated by the cases of Wales and Sardinia', Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, p.2399654418815695.
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Article published in Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, available at https://doi.org/10.1177/2399654418815695
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Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
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