TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nicola McEwen
PY  - 2021
CY  - Bruxelles, Belgium
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
TI  - Nationalism and the State
T2  - Welfare and Identity in Scotland and Quebec
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1100710
N2  - Since the mid-1970s, many developed states have reduced the size and scope of their welfare systems. At the same time, states have faced growing demands for self-government from national minorities. These twin processes have had a substantial impact upon the structure, power and legitimacy of the state, yet few have considered their inter-relationship.   This book aims to fill this gap by conducting a focused comparison of nationalism and welfare development in Scotland and Quebec. The recent emergence of Scottish and Québécois nationalism took place against a backdrop of welfare retrenchment. Did the post-war welfare state contain these territorial identities and strengthen attachment to the state among Scots and Quebecers? Did the retrenchment of state welfare lead to demands for greater self-government?   Demands for Scottish self-government led to the creation of the Scottish Parliament and the devolution of power over wide areas of social policy. The book examines the complexities of welfare development in multi-level states, drawing upon the Quebec-Canada experience to explore the relationship between nationalism and welfare development in post-devolution Scotland.
KW  - Schottland, Nationalstaat, Wohlfahrtsstaat, Minority nationalism, Social policy, Territorial impact, Social democracy, Québec (Provinz), Scottish devolution, Nationalismus
LA  - English
ER  -