A rebellious people : Basques, protests, and politics / Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zirakzadeh, Cyrus Ernesto, 1951-

Series:

Basque series.

The Basque series

The Basque series A rebellious people

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Euzko-Alderdi Jeltzalia.

ETA (Organization).

Violence--Spain--País Vasco--History--20th century.

Violence.

Violence--History--20th century--Paâis Vasco--Spain.

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

País Vasco (Spain).

País Vasco (Spain)--Economic conditions.

País Vasco (Spain)--Social conditions.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 260 p. ) ill., map ;

Place of Publication:

Reno : University of Nevada Press, c1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Members of ETA, the Basque revolutionary group, first engaged in political violence in 1961. The number of yearly armed attacks rose steadily throughout the 1970s and thereafter gradually declined. Why the violence? Were the bombings, killings, and kidnappings simply outflows of nostalgia and anomie (as some scholars and journalists suggest) disconnected from material interests? Did etarras (ETA members) attach impulsively without systematic thought toward achievavle aims and specific economic change? Combining insights from the collective-action school of political sociology with historical analysis, Zirakzadeh argues that there was a calculative, instrumental dimension to ETA's behavior which scholars too often neglect. A Rebellious People elaborates on the social and economic concerns of members of ETA and the Basque Nationalist party (PNV), recounts debates within ETA over the political effectiveness of armed struggle, and discusses the influence of local social movements and nationalist and non-nationalist ideologies on the etarras' thinking. A comprehensive account of the region's grass-roots politics, A Rebellious People will be important reading for students of Basque society. The book will also be valuable for scholars interested in modern nationalist movements, political radicalism, and the politics of economic development.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-252) and index.

ISBN:

9780874174588

0874174589

Publisher Number:

heb40283 hdl