Environmentalism and Nationalism in the UK

Sentience and salience – exploring the party politicization of animal welfare in multi-level electoral systems: Analysis of manifesto discourse in UK meso elections 1998–2017

“…In a similar vein, Paul Hamilton (2002, 27) argues that 'nationalist movements will mine environmental discourse to enhance the legitimacy of their grievances and to widen their electoral appeal … civic nationalist goals can be complemented by environmental ones' (see also Fowler and Jones 2005;Lynch 1995). Such framing of policy pledges is evident in the current analysis of wildlife pledges.…”

Party Politicisation and the Formative Phase of Environmental Policy-Making in Multi-level Systems: Electoral Discourse in UK Meso-elections 1998–2011

“…For example, Daniel Béland and André Lecours (, p. 77) conclude that ‘pressures stemming from sub‐state nationalism tend to reshape the policy agenda at both the state and the sub‐state level’, while Paul Hamilton (, p. 27) argues that ‘nationalist movements will mine environmental discourse to enhance the legitimacy of their grievances and to widen their electoral appeal … civic nationalist goals can be complemented by environmental ones’ (emphasis added). This is a view supported by Carwyn Fowler and Rhys Jones (, p. 544), who observe that there is a ‘question of contingency inherent in political arrangements between environmentalism and nationalism’ (see also Chaney and Fevre, ; Lynch, ). Given this background it is hypothesised that nationalist parties are more likely than the major state‐wide parties (and unionist parties in the case of Northern Ireland) to advance policy proposals on the environment (Hypothesis 2).…”

Love of Land: Nature Protection, Nationalism, and the Struggle over the Establishment of New Communities in Israel

“…Political sociologists and political scientists have taken a closer look at the nation‐level dynamics that promote environmentalist agendas in domestic political systems. Studies focusing on “econationalism,” which ties national self‐determination to the protection of a national environment, have shown the strong role environmentalism played in nationalist politics in several Soviet states and elsewhere in the Eastern Bloc, as well as in the United Kingdom (e.g., Dawson ; Fowler and Jones ). However, in these study cases, alliances between nationalist and environmental parties were short lived and broke apart after achievement of a shared goal, such as national independence or a favorable election result.…”