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Subject(s)

• Nationalism—Spain—País Vasco—History—20th century [Browse]
• Political persecution—Spain—País Vasco—History—20th century [Browse]
• Basques—Ethnic identity [Browse]
• Basques—Social life and customs—20th century [Browse]
• País Vasco (Spain)—Politics and government—20th century [Browse]
• Spain—Politics and government—1939-1975 [Browse]
• Spain—Politics and government—1975-1982 [Browse]

Series

• Basque series. [More in this series]
• The Basque series

Summary note

• "In The Social Roots of Basque Nationalism, sociologist Alfonso-Perez-Agote addresses the social mechanisms that Basques employed to sustain their ethnic identity under the Franco Regime and demonstrates how persecution actually encouraged the extension of Basque nationalist consciousness. He also reveals how state political pressure radicalized one element of the Basque-nationalist movement, resulting in the formation of ETA, an armed terrorist wing that itself became a mechanism for extending nationalist consciousness. Finally, he examines the subsequent changes in Basque nationalism following Franco's death and the extension of democracy in Spain, which resulted in the institutionalization of the movement into an autonomous political power."
• This work is based in part on a wide range of interviews and polls with informants in the Basque Country and abroad, eliciting such data as the role that family, education, social contacts, and religious environment play in the evolution of political attitudes; the place of violence in the Basque worldview and contemporary political culture; regional variations in Basque nationalism; and the factors that contributed to the resilience of Basque nationalism in adapting to new historical conditions. The result is a discussion of the various ways in which Basque social reality is constituted and how this reality helps to create political culture.

Notes

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-236) and index.

Copyright note

All rights reserved.

Source of description

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Language note

English

Contents

• Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Tables; Foreword; Introduction; PART ONE: Theoretical Questions; Chapter One. Collective Identities and Their Political Dimension; Chapter Two. Nationalism as the Politicization of Collective Identity; PART TWO: Reproduction and Radicalization of the Nationalist Consciousness During ...; Chapter Three. The Problematic Legitimization of the Spanish State in the Basque Country; Chapter Four. Basque Nationalism During the Franco Dictatorship; PART THREE: Transformations of Nationalist Consciousness in the Post-Franco Era
• Chapter Five. Transformations Within Forms of Violence During the Post-Franco EraChapter Six. The Privatization of Social Life and the New Political Institutionalization; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

ISBN

0-87417-665-4

OCLC

• 67698632
• 1017612282

Hdl

• heb40135

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