The ethno-regional electorats in Western Europe : comparative study of Bavaria, Scotland, Flanders and Wales ; Les électorats ethno-régionalistes en Europe occidentale : étude comparée en Bavière, Écosse, Flandre et au Pays de Galles

This thesis tries to expand the analysis of ethno-regional parties through an international comparative study of their electorates. Our focus is on international constants in sociological structure and ideological orientation. We explore the patterns and structures of four distinct ethno-regional parties' electorates covering almost the full spectrum of de Winter’s scale of ethno-regional party programmes: Plaid Cymru (PC) (Wales, United Kingdom), Scottish National Party (SNP) (Scotland, United Kingdom), Vlaams Blok/ Vlaams Belang (VB) (Flanders, Belgium), Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern (C... Mehr ...