Nationalism and Self-Government: The Politics of Autonomy in Scotland and Catalonia (SUNY series in National Identities) - Hardcover

..".the book constitutes a valuable addition to the literature on regionalization and territorial dynamics in plurinational contexts. It is particularly recommended to a specialized audience on the subject and researchers with some knowledge of Spanish and British politics, and it can also be appropriate as complementary reading material for postgraduate degree courses." -- Regional and Federal Studies

..".Greer provides a well-researched and well-written overview of the relationship between civil society and nationalist mobilisation movements in Scotland and Catalonia ... Nationalism and Self-Government is an excellent volume for anyone interested in territorial mobilisation in general of the politics of autonomy and devolution in Britain or Spain in particular." -- Political Studies Review

..".Greer's text offers an original, insightful and accessible account of regionalist politics in Scotland and Catalonia." -- Nations and Nationalism

"Greer offers a very important set of general questions and issues related to the broader context of devolution and global-local relations. The idea of civic nationalism presented here has a strong potentiality to become a 'new' form of diversity governance." -- Joan Subirats, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

"This is a significant topic, especially in Europe and Canada. The author provides an excellent critical review of the theoretical literature and also introduces some interesting ideas to the subject." -- Stéphane Paquin, Université de Sherbrooke

Scotland and Catalonia, both ancient nations with strong nationalisms within larger states, are exemplars of the management of ethnic conflict in multinational democracies and of global trends toward regional government. Focusing on these two countries, Scott L. Greer explores why nationalist mobilization arose when it did and why it stopped at autonomy rather than statehood. He challenges the notion that national identity or institutional design explains their relative success as stable multinational democracies and argues that the key is their strong regional societies and their regional organizations' preferences for autonomy and environmental stability