Generations and Nationalism - Comparing Catalonia, Quebec, and Scotland

Generations and Nationalism breaks new ground by placing the impact of generation and generational changes at the forefront of an investigation on the transformation of nationalist movements and the evolution of support for independence in Catalonia, Quebec and Scotland.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Introduction: Understanding Nationalism Through a Generational Lens Section 1: Theoretical Perspectives 2. The Nation as Intergenerational Artifact 3. Grievances and Nationalism 4. Nationalism, Diversity, and Generations Section 2: Nationalist Movements and Generational Change
5. The (Re)emergence of Catalan Secessionism through a Generational Lens 6. Generational Tensions, Social Conflicts, and the National Question in Quebec 7. From "Macaroni for your Sunday Joint" to the EU Love-In: Scottish Nationalism's Generational Shift in Framing Europe Section 3: Public Opinion, Nationalism and Generational Change 8. Openness to Secession: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Support for Secession in Catalonia, 1991-2019 9. Nationalist Attitudes and Nationalist Party Support through a Generational Lens: The Case of Quebec 10. Disentangling the Relationship Between Age and Support for Independence in Scotland 11. Immigrants' Relationship with Quebec: Does the Context of Arrival have a Formative Effect? Conclusion 12. Conclusion: The Quebec/Scotland/Catalonia Triad Revisited Index

About the author

Alain-G Gagnon is Professor of political science and the Canada Research Chair of Quebec and Canadian Studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada.

Luc Turgeon is Professor of political science at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

Product details

• Authors: Alain-G Turgeon Gagnon
• Assisted by: Alain-G Gagnon (Editor), Turgeon Luc (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 02.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032979182
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3297918-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Nationalism, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political structure & processes, Political science and theory, Political structure and processes, Public Opinion & Polls, Public opinion and polls