The Rise of Regionalism: Causes of Regional Mobilization in Western Europe by Rune Dahl-Fitjar

Author:Rune Dahl-Fitjar [Dahl-Fitjar, Rune]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: International Relations, European, Political Ideologies, Social Science, Political Science, Nationalism & Patriotism, World, Regional Studies, General
ISBN: 9781135203306
Google: fGuLAgAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 17511244
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009-09-10T00:00:00+00:00

Conclusion

This chapter has tracked levels of regionalism across time in Scotland and Rogaland, building an account of how regionalism has changed in different time periods in both regions. Through comparing these to the predictions of the regionalism model, it has been possible to assess whether the model is capable of explaining variation along the longitudinal dimension. The results are mainly positive, although some variables are more closely associated with longitudinal variation in regionalism than others in these two cases. The effects of economic development, globalization and European integration on regionalism are broadly confirmed by this analysis, while the effect of party system divergence is not as evident in these two cases.

The overall correspondence between the results of the cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses strengthens the model of regionalism. Three of the variables are correlated with variation in the levels of regionalism across both time and space, and these relationships manifest themselves through different research designs and methods. This leads to the conclusion that there is a relationship between regionalism and economic development, globalization and European integration.

The next two chapters will probe these relationships further by examining the relationship between each independent variable and the development of regionalism in Scotland and Rogaland. Each theoretical relationship is critically assessed on the basis of existing literature and primary source material from newspapers and election manifestos. The main aim is to evaluate whether the effects of the independent variables follow the logic and mechanisms of the theoretical discussion in Chapter 2. The quantitative analysis up to this point has established the existence of these relationships, but the next two chapters will apply a qualitative analysis that can contribute to the understanding of how the independent variables affect regionalism in the context of these two case studies.

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