2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Inter-minority racism ?: territorial minorities and new immigrants in France and in Spain

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23530660
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Sociology
Research Institution	Nagoya University
Principal Investigator	TSURUMAKI Motoko 名古屋大学, 国際言語文化研究科, 准教授 (70345841)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	ナショナリズム / 地域主義 / レイシズム / ブルターニュ / アルザス / カタルーニャ
Research Abstract	This research aimed to analyze the role of nationalism in the establishment of interethnic relations in the so-called minority regions of Brittany and Alsace in France and Catalonia in Spain. Previous case studies examining the history of racism in such regions as Catalonia, the Basque Country, and Galicia have suggested that the populations of minority regions with nationalist sentiments are more likely to develop strong feelings of hostility toward immigrants than the populations of other regions. Nonetheless, our findings indicate that a sense of belonging among residents of a minority region does not foster hostility against out-groups; they also indicate that conditions for the development of regionalist radical right populism are provided by a discursive opportunity structure that reflects the societal context of the entire state (in this instance, France and Spain) and that differs from one region to another.