Talk:Regionalism (politics)
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[edit] Nationalists v's Regionalist
Surley there is a difference between nationalists and regionalists? Plaid Cymru and the SNP are nationalist parties, who claim that Wales and Scotland are nations and should be independent nation states. Regionalist parties only want autonomy within a state. --Rhyswynne 10:09, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Regionalist parties and regional ones
I think that there's a difference between regional parties (ex: CSU) and regionalist parties (regional parties demanding autonomy for their regions, ex: Lega Nord, SNP, PC, etc.). --Checco 19:01, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Seperation
I don't believe my original article was POV; what can be POV about a hypothetical term, which in this case was "can be", which indeed it can be a worrying time for a central government when local spots wish to devolve power to themselves! I mean, take the UK, why should the county of Merseyside ask for more powers than West Yorkshire or Norfolk have!! And why would the highest office grant it to them when nobody else seems to need it?! But I'll be fair, the paragraph was badly written; so I don't mind the present version. I did change one part; I didn't think it needed the line "not always so" because that is perfectly clear from the first two paragraphs. I thought it better to give an example. And I chose the Balkans of course as it is the one for which I have most personal experience; the organisations responsible for the end of the federation in 1990/1991 were all descended from parties whose roots go back as far as the golden age of modern nationalism, the 18th century. So just as some people in some places advocated unification, others elsewhere opposed the idea. When the latter group's speakers finally took stage, they pretended to be "united" but sought for "more". We have a saying in the Balkans, "Give someone your finger, he'll want the whole hand; give the hand, he'll want the arm; then the head and so forth", like a child and his craving for more chocolate. My point is that independence is exactly that, the structure of certain national systems makes it more practical for some to use regionalist tactics to achieve their goals. That is the only point I wanted to make and I think it deserves a mention. Obviously it is better phrased now, so I doubt it needs any more editing. Evlekis 11:33, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
- I don't think Yugoslavia is a good example, as the various groups were split on ethnic/religious lines (but I'm no expert on Balkans history)--Rhyswynne 13:59, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Requested move
I'd like to convert the "regionalism" page to a disambiguation and move the content here to regionalism (politics). Regionalism in literature and art are at least as significant as Regionalism in politics, and what's more those articles are currently much better-maintained than this one. Academically I've studied both politics and literature - more of the former than the latter, in fact - so I'm fairly certain I'm evaluating the relative weight of those articles without bias. --Orphic (talk) 22:27, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
- This makes sense to me. Actually, I wish I'd thought of it. I support the idea. ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 23:46, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
