Alterity and nation-building. The image of the national 'other' in discourses of sub-national movements and institutions in Belgium, 1830-2010

This project investigates how political elites of the subnational movements and administrations in Belgium constructed, during five periods of about twenty years, the national 'Other' in their discourses, and what rhetorical strategies they used to that end. The research goal is to assess the extent to which such 'othering' discourse contributed to the successful institutionalization of subnational movements in Belgium.

Keywords:POLITICAL HISTORY, LINGUISTICS, NATIONALISM, POLITICAL SCIENCES

Disciplines:Other economics and business, Citizenship, immigration and political inequality, International and comparative politics, Multilevel governance, National politics, Political behaviour, Political organisations and institutions, Political theory and methodology, Public administration, Other political science, History