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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Политология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1438</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1446</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">31118</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1438-2022-24-2-317-330</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>REGIONAL ETHNO-NATIONALISM: CONFLICT AND COALITION POTENTIAL</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>РЕГИОНАЛЬНЫЙ ЭТНОНАЦИОНАЛИЗМ:   КОНФЛИКТНЫЙ И КОАЛИЦИОННЫЙ ПОТЕНЦИАЛ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Coalition or Opposition? The Behaviour of Regionalist Parties in Multi-level Competition: The Cases of the Basque Country and Scotland</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Коалиция или оппозиция? Поведение регионалистских партий в многоуровневой конкуренции на примере Страны Басков и Шотландии</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0871-8223</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Belous</surname><given-names>Yulia A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Белоус</surname><given-names>Юлия Александровна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Analyst at the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, PhD student</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аналитик Центра комплексных европейских и международных исследований, аспирант</p></bio><email>ybelous@hse.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0200-8909</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Tarasov</surname><given-names>Andrei S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Тарасов</surname><given-names>Андрей Сергеевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Research Assistant at the School of International Studies, PhD Candidate, School of International Studies</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант школы международных исследований, стажер-исследователь</p></bio><email>andrei.tarasov@unitn.it</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">National Research University Higher School of Economics</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики»</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">University of Trento</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Тренто</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-05-30" publication-format="electronic"><day>30</day><month>05</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>24</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">World Politics and International Security Facing New Nationalism</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Мировая политика и международная безопасность  перед вызовами нового национализма</issue-title><fpage>317</fpage><lpage>330</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-05-30"><day>30</day><month>05</month><year>2022</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2022, Belous Y.A., Tarasov A.S.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2022, Белоус Ю.А., Тарасов А.С.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Belous Y.A., Tarasov A.S.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Белоус Ю.А., Тарасов А.С.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/31118">https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/31118</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">This article compares the positioning behaviour of parties and reveals why one party joins a coalition, while others do not. The cases of two regionalist parties of the UK and Spain are depicted: the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Basque National Party (BNP). The study is a contribution to the problems of positioning behaviour of parties in decentralised systems with strong regionalist elements and incentives of regionalist parties (RPs) to enter a coalition with state-wide parties (SWPs). Based on process tracing and comparative analysis of the main regionalist parties, electoral data, public statements, and media statements we conclude that the ideological proxi mity on the economic dimension of the parties, and the territorial dimension are of key importance in evaluating the coalition potential between SWPs and the RPs. Moreover, competition at the regional level creates incentives for RPs to enter a coalition with SWPs and there is no evident support for the minority government to be disposed to enter a coalition rather than a majority government.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Цель исследования - сравнить поведение партий и выяснить, почему одни партии вступают в коалиции, а другие - нет. Определены особенности поведения двух регионалистских партий Соединенного Королевства и Испании: Шотландской национальной партии (ШНП) и Баскской национальной партии (БНП). Значимость исследования заключается в решении проблем позиционирования партий в децентрализованных системах с сильными регионалистскими элементами. На основе методологии «отслеживания процессов» («process tracing») и сравнительного анализа поведения основных региональных партий, электоральных данных, публичных заявлений, заявлений в СМИ авторы пришли к выводу, что идеологическая близость в экономическом измерении партий, территориальное измерение имеют ключевое значение для оценки коалиционного потенциала между центральными и регионалистскими партиями. Более того, выявлено, что уровень конкуренции на региональном уровне создает стимулы для регионалистских партий вступать в коалицию с центральными. Вместе с тем не выявляется очевидной поддержки того факта, что правительство меньшинства обладает большими возможностями по вступлению в коалицию по сравнению с правительством большинства.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Scotland</kwd><kwd>Basque Country</kwd><kwd>nationalism</kwd><kwd>regionalist parties</kwd><kwd>multi-level game</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Шотландия</kwd><kwd>Страна Басков</kwd><kwd>национализм</kwd><kwd>регионалистские партии</kwd><kwd>многоуровневая игра</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="ru">Исследование выполнено при финансовой поддержке РФФИ в рамках научного проекта № 20-314-90001 «Региональная политика Европейского союза как фактор центробежных тенденций в Испании». Авторы выражают благодарность Эмануэлю Массетти за ценные предложения на начальном этапе исследования.</institution></institution-wrap><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">The reported study was funded by RFBR, project number № 20-31490001, «The Impact of the EU Regional Policy on Centrifugal Tendencies in the Political System of Spain».  The authors express their gratitude to Emanuele Massetti for his valuable suggestions at the initial stage of the research.</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source></award-group></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Alonso, S. (2012). Challenging the state: Devolution and the battle for partisan credibility: A comparison of Belgium, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Oxford University Press.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Barrio, A., &amp; Rodríguez-Teruel, J. (2017). Reducing the gap between leaders and voters? 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