Coalition or Opposition? The Behaviour of Regionalist Parties in Multi-level Competition: The Cases of the Basque Country and Scotland
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 decent