Territory and terror : conflicting nationalisms in the Basque Country / Jan Mansvelt Beck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mansvelt-Beck, J.

Series:

Routledge advances in European politics ; 25.

Routledge advances in European politics ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Spain--País Vasco.

Nationalism.

Nationalism--France--Pays Basque.

País Vasco (Spain)--Politics and government--20th century.

País Vasco (Spain).

Pays Basque (France)--Politics and government--20th century.

Pays Basque (France).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The French-Basque experience; 3 The Spanish-Basque experience; 4 Euskal Herria; 5 Basque nationalism; 6 Euskadi as a weak proto-state; 7 The spatial dimension of violence; 8 Conflict solutions: past and future scenarios; 9 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-27604-4

1-134-27605-2

1-280-10944-0

0-203-02380-3

9780203023808

OCLC:

437066179