This article examines sixty years of interactions between sub-state nationalism and environmentalism in Corsica. Based on interviews, press archives and quantitative data on attacks and land development, it identifies four main phases: early land conflicts, bomb attacks’ dominance, diversification of repertoires and post-2015 dealignment following nationalist electoral success. We show that changing political and legal opportunity structures reshaped alliances and frames. While nationalism once hegemonised environmental struggle through violence, its institutionalisation created tensions with increasingly judicialised environmental associations. The Corsican case demonstrates how asymmetric institutionalisation paths – electoral for nationalists, judicial for environmentalists – can fracture historically aligned movements.
Bertuzzi, Niccolò, André Fazi, and Lisandru Laban. 2026. “Environmentalism and Sub-State Nationalism in Corsica: Sixty Years of Evolving Interactions.” Territory, Politics, Governance, May, 1–20. doi:10.1080/21622671.2026.2650177.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21622671.2026.2650177
Bertuzzi, Niccolò, André Fazi, and Lisandru Laban. 2026. “Environmentalism and Sub-State Nationalism in Corsica: Sixty Years of Evolving Interactions.” Territory, Politics, Governance, May, 1–20. doi:10.1080/21622671.2026.2650177.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21622671.2026.2650177