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Author Mansvelt-Beck, J

Title Territory and terror : conflicting nationalisms in the Basque Country / Jan Mansvelt Beck
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 263 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Routledge advances in European politics ; 25
Routledge advances in European politics ; 25.
Contents Chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 The French-Basque experience -- How Basques became French -- chapter 3 The Spanish-Basque experience -- A case of weak nation-state building -- chapter 4 Euskal Herria -- Rhetoric of commonness versus uncommon practice -- chapter 5 Basque nationalism -- A recent and modest phenomenon -- chapter 6 Euskadi as a weak proto-state -- The fragmentation of Basque society -- chapter 7 The spatial dimension of violence -- Beyond the fracture lines -- chapter 8 Conflict solutions -- Past and future scenarios -- chapter 9 Conclusion
Summary All Basque interpretations of national power have resulted in an uneasy mix of often fragmented and conflicting territorial identifications. Basques can identify themselves with France, Spain or an imagined Basque nation state. Territory and Terror confronts the imagined and actual territorial dimensions of nationalism, shedding new light on the Basque conflict. The study provides a rich description of territoriality analysed from a comparative perspective and explores the relation between territoriality and regional differences in conflict intensity. It supplies an
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-252) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Nationalism -- Spain -- País Vasco
Nationalism -- France -- Pays Basque
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Nationalism.
Nationalism
Politics and government
SUBJECT País Vasco (Spain) -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096866
Pays Basque (France) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Subject France -- Pays Basque
Spain -- País Vasco
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004015963
ISBN 0203023803
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9786610109449
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9781134276059
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