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Radical Left Parties and National Identity in Spain, Italy and Portugal : Rejecting or Reclaiming the Nation / by Jacopo Custodi

1st ed. 2023.

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland [2023.] ; Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan [2023.], 2023

1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 266 p. 9 illus.)

Englisch

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978-3-031-48926-6

978-3-031-48925-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-3-031-48927-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-3-031-48928-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1007/978-3-031-48926-6

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bicssc: JHB ; bicssc: JP ; bisacsh: SOC026000

LOC-SH: Political sociology. ; Political science. ; Communication in politics.

1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual Framework -- 3. Setting the Scene: The Radical Left and the Nation -- 4. The Spanish Case. What Is Spain? Franco’s Legacy and Podemos’ Patriotism -- 5. The Italian Case. Italy’s Wheezing Left Between the Shadow of Its Past and New Challenges -- 6. The Portuguese Case. Left-Leaning Banal Nationalism in Portugal -- 7. Comparing the Results -- 8. Conclusion.

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This book investigates how the radical left navigates the terrain of nationalism. Traversing Spain, Italy and Portugal, this in-depth study examines how radical left parties either embrace, rebuff or reshape nationalistic sentiments. From Spain’s Podemos grappling with Franco’s legacy, Italy’s radical left switching from anti-fascist patriotism to cosmopolitanism, to Portugal’s revolutionary echoes in left-leaning banal nationalism, the book offers comprehensive insight into the often-overlooked relationship between radical left politics and national identity. Through discourse analysis, interviews and participant observation, it delves into the reasons behind certain political positions and how they manifest discursively. A must-read for those eager to decipher the crossroads of national identity and left-wing politics in contemporary Europe.