Economic nationalism in Flanders before the Second World War

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ID6307221
AutoresOlivier Boehme (University of Antwerp, autor correspondente)
Ano2008
Volume14
Fascículo3
Páginas542-561
Data de publicação2008-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNations and Nationalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1469-8129.2008.00353.x
OpenAlexW2023305930
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas5

In this article the author makes the claim that economic nationalist ideas had their origins in the Flemish Movement before the First World War and were further developed in the interwar period. This is an important modification of the classical view that Flemish nationalism before the Second World War was mainly focused on the linguistic and cultural situation in Belgium. Central to this contribution is the view of economic nationalism as an ideology using social and economic means for nationalistic purposes, although there are variations in the degree to which economy and nationalism are tools or purpose. In any case there was not much consistency, because there were different views on what constituted the interests of the ‘Flemish nation’, and which social and economic principles should be adopted. In addition, a movement that did not show much unity could not construct a homogeneous social‐economic agenda

Economic system · Economics · Economy · Flemish · Ideology · Interwar period · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · World War II · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law