ABSTRACT

This book explores the new debates on Basque sovereignty and statehood that have emerged in the post-violence Basque political scenario. It deciphers how sovereignty is understood or imagined by a revitalized civil society after the unilateral cessation of operations by ETA (Basque Homeland and Freedom). The contributors to this book investigate the new political field developing in the nexus between conventional party politics, established socio-cultural and linguistic organizations, creative civil society initiatives, and innovative activism.

This book is for graduate students, scholars and professionals in political science, social anthropology, European studies, political philosophy, transnational studies, sociology, political geography, and global studies. It will also be of interest to academic specialists in Basque studies, specialists working on sovereignty, nationalism and globalization, and professionals in governance, international relations, foreign affairs, European politics and diplomacy.

chapter |17 pages

Introduction

Basque sovereignty revisited

chapter 1|27 pages

Sovereignty, boundaries and violence

Constructing the Basque national self (1959–2011)

chapter 3|22 pages

Sovereignty and contention

The evolution of Basque nationalism in Spain

chapter 4|19 pages

The contested transnational mirror of the Basque country

Playing homeland politics with the diaspora

chapter 5|21 pages

Multiple sovereignties?

Civil society and territorial construction in Iparralde

chapter 6|17 pages

Sovereignty, capacity and democracy

The Basque case