Conflict and compromise among borderland identities in northern Italy

Kaplan, David H.

doi:10.1111/1467-9663.00092

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“…Within human geography, the list of issues studied from the 'identity angle' includes landscape (Johnson, 1995;So¨rlin, 1999;Ha¨yrynen, 2000), geopolitical narratives (Sidaway & Power, 2005), geographical imaginations of danger and threat (Dalby, 1990;Sharp, 2000;Megoran, 2005), territorial conflict management (Newman, 2001), regionalism and regional movements (van Houtum & Lagendijk, 2001;Bialasiewicz, 2002;Jones, 2004), territorial construction of nations and nationality (Knight, 1982;Kaplan, 1994;Paasi, 1996;Herb, 2004;Jansson, 2005), regional planning (Raagmaa, 2002;Jensen & Richardson, 2004) and the borderland phenomenon (Kaplan, 1999;Meinhof & Galasin´ski, 2002;Gill, 2005;Stieve, 2005).…”

Section: National Identitiesmentioning

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From Enmity to Rivalry? Notes on National Identity Politics in Competition States

Moisio

2008

Scottish Geographical Journal

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This paper examines what it means to study national identity politics in an age during which state-to-state relations are being conceptualised increasingly in terms of economic rivalry and less in terms of political enmity. It is suggested that this transformation has not been sufficiently taken into account in the study of national identity politics that continues to operate on the basis of the friend-enemy distinction. It is also suggested that the 'old school of national identity politics' with its emphasis on territorial exclusion and geopolitical images of threat and enmity has done highly important work in deconstructing security discourses and it is noted how they are linked to a specific, realist understanding of the world. That is, they have disclosed how what Alexander Wendt calls the 'Hobbesian culture of anarchy' has motivated national identity politics. Further using Wendt's characterisation of the three cultures of anarchy, the paper suggests that in the practices of contemporary national identity politics the logic of economic competitiveness and the logic of political enmity continue to co-exist but that 'state survival' is being increasingly understood as a matter of economic competitiveness and decreasingly as that of military power. On this basis it is argued that the era of competition states begs an analysis of the conflictual and often contradictory articulations of the Self's relation with the Other. It is proposed that a fruitful road of enquiry would open up if national identity politics was examined within the framework of political struggles whereby the national survival and Self/Other relations are played out against the background of the global marketplace paradigm which resonates more with the Lockean than the Hobbesian culture of anarchy.

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Section: National Identitiesmentioning

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From Enmity to Rivalry? Notes on National Identity Politics in Competition States

Moisio

2008

Scottish Geographical Journal

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“…In contrast, South Tyrol has been able to mobilize along ethnic and cultural lines, achieving significant benefits in the political, cultural and economic spheres. In general, the more advantaged regions were those situated along Italy's Alpine northern borderlands (Kaplan, 2000). The problem was further complicated by the emergence of the Northern League as a ponderous force in Italian politics (Giordano & Roller, 2001;Tambini, 2001).…”

Section: Italy's 'Nestling Asymmetries': Beyond Federalismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Asymmetry in Quasi-federal and Unitary States

Conversi¹

2007

Ethnopolitics

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In his four-fold typology, John McGarry indicates Canada, post-Soviet Russia and Spain as standard examples of 'regional and plurinational federations' (RPNFs). He dedicates most space to this variant, chiefly because of its more successful record. In order to test McGarry's hypothesis, I focus on Spain as an example of a quasi-federal setting and Italy as an instance of unitary state. In agreement with McGarry, I show that asymmetric arrangements are more accommodative, durable and practical, having proved in both cases more flexible and effective in managing and preventing ethnic conflict (see also Coakley, 2003).

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“…National landscape is not only read off from nature and culture, it is also written therein. The discursive landscape evolves dialectically when national symbols, which assume their meanings in and through the historical narratives of a nation, are concretely inserted into the very landscapes they describe (Kaplan, 2000).…”

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The Politics of Belonging: Complexities of Identity in the Catalan Borderlands

Häkli¹

2001

Geografiska Ann B

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Abstract:The rise of the European nation-state system profoundly influenced the map of linguistic and cultural minorities. Catalonia in north-eastern Spain is no exception. The consolidation of the Spanish and French kingdoms during the 16th and 17th centuries left Catalan speakers without political and cultural sovereignty. Furthermore, in the Treaty of the Pyrenees of 1659 the Catalan homeland els Països Catalans was divided by the Franco-Spanish border.Today, Catalan culture and politics enjoy increasing latitude in both Spain and France. This has encouraged various forms of cross-border co-operation in the Catalan borderlands. It also has led many Catalan nationalists to expect still greater political autonomy. Some activists have voiced claims for independence and even the reincorporation of the Spanish (el Principat) and French Catalonias (Catalunya Nord). However, political tensions regarding the borderland's development exist between the local actors and the Spanish and the French national governments, as well as between Catalan nationalists and the population at large.This article examines these tensions first by looking at cross-border co-operation efforts in Catalonia, and second by assessing the visible markers of identity that Catalan nationalists have placed in the border landscapes. These are contrasted with the results of a survey charting the opinions and attitudes of "ordinary" Catalans. The article argues that there are significant cleavages among Catalans, and that the era of the nation-states has left a legacy of complex loyalties at international frontiers.

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Conflict and compromise among borderland identities in northern Italy

Cited by 30 publications

References 41 publications

From Enmity to Rivalry? Notes on National Identity Politics in Competition States

From Enmity to Rivalry? Notes on National Identity Politics in Competition States

Asymmetry in Quasi-federal and Unitary States

The Politics of Belonging: Complexities of Identity in the Catalan Borderlands

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