Read more
This book is based on a comparative study of regionalisms in Croatia's regions of Dalmatia and Istria as well as Serbia's Vojvodina. The monograph's main focus is on regionalist political party strategies since 1990, and within that, each case study considers history and historiography, inter-group relations, economics, and region-building. The analysis demonstrates that many of the common assumptions about the causal determinants of territorial autonomy projects and outcomes, as well as about a teleological and unidirectional path from regionalism to nationalism, do not stand up to scrutiny. The author introduces original concepts such as plurinational, multinational and sectional regionalism to theories of nationalism and territorial politics. This book will appeal to scholars and upper-level students interested in territorial politics, federalism, nationalism and comparative politics.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Politics, Territory and Nationalism: A Conceptual Framework.- Chapter 3 Istria in Croatia: The politics of plurinational regionalism.- Chapter 4 Dalmatia in Croatia: The politics of sectional regionalism.- Chapter 5: Vojvodina in Serbia: The Politics of Multinational Regionalism.- Chapter 6: Statehood Alternatives: Plurinational, Sectional and Multinational Regionalisms Compared.
About the author
Dejan Stjepanović is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Dundee, UK. He holds a PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the European University Institute, Florence, Italy. His main postdoctoral affiliations included the University of Edinburgh, University College Dublin and the Université catholique de Louvain. He has published on territorial politics, nationalism and citizenship and taught and designed modules on regionalism, nationalism, democratisation, security studies, comparative politics and international relations.
Summary
Introduces the notion of regionalism to the literature on nationalism in Southeastern Europe
Compares regionalism within Dalmatia, Istria and Vojvodina
Offers a contextual analysis that demonstrates the interplay of structure and agency
