This themed section on The Left(s) and Nationalism(s) provides a comparative analysis of the relationship between nationalism and different left-wing parties in Western Europe. It not only concerns a series of different geographical cases studies but also involves the ideological plurality of the Left. The larger research question that our contributors address is how different left-wing parties have dealt with the inherent ideological tension between the universality claimed by the Left and the particularism inherent in nationalism, as a doctrine and a principle of political legitimacy.
Kernalegenn, T., & Dalle Mulle, E. (2023). The Left(s) and Nationalism(s) in Contemporary Western Europe. Nations and Nationalism, 29(2), 405-481. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/233625 (Original work published 2023)