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Constitutional Crises and Regionalism
This informative book analyses regional constitutional crises, where a large portion of residents no longer believe that the rule of law, as defined by central institutions, governs them. Laying out a framework for effective governance in divided societies, Vito Breda argues that peace and collaboration are linked to managing shared beliefs through constitutional law.
Made-to-Measure Future(s) for Democracy?
This open access volume analyses the development of democracy at different levels of governance (from local to global). The Basque search for an institutional and democratic model that adapts to its social needs and solves its problems offers an interesting perspective for analyzing the way in which democracy is seeking new forms of materialization from the local to the global. The volume is divided into four parts. The chapters in Part I analyze the tensions between the neoliberal vision of democracy and the voices contesting it, with projections at different levels of government. The chapters in Part II focus on the emerging framework and scales of Western democracy. The chapters in Part I...
Abertzaleak eta ezkertiarrak
Ideien joan-etorria bultzatzeko sortu da ?Eztabaida? bilduma: saio arinak edo mamitsuak, gizartean interesa piztuko dutenak, iritziak trukatzen nahiz sendotzen lagunduko dutenak, eta gure errealitate sozialaren inguruko gogoeta egiten duen obra sakon batekin ematen diogu sailari hasiera. Egin diezaiogun zenbait galdera geure buruari: Abertzale izatea herria maitatzea da ala gehiago da? Zenbat kultura ditugu Euskal Herrian, eta zenbat nahi ditugu abertzaleok: bat, bi ala hiru? Egia da euskara barik ez dagoela euskal aberririk? Badu lekurik Euskal Herri subirano batek mundu globalizatu baten, ala kultura unibertsalerantz abiatzen ari gara? Ezker abertzaleak abertzaletasun berezia (ezkertiarra) garatzen du, ala abertzaletasunari ezkertiartasuna batzen dio soilik, batuketa berezirik sortu gabe? Aberriaren arazoa garbi omen dauka abertzaleak, eta eztabaida gutxi egiten du arlo teoriko honetan. Hala ere, halako galderak egitean zalantzak sortzen dira, eta hasieran argi eta ziurra
The Experiences of Basque and Spanish Iron Workers and their Descendants in Wales from 1900
This work is concerned with human migration at the turn of the twentieth century, specifically with iron workers moving from Spain to south Wales. The research includes an oral history project involving the descendants of some of the original migrants. The book explores the events and challenges that the migrants and their families faced in their new Welsh homes. Those experiences include periods of conflict, such as the Spanish Civil War (in which family members were involved), poverty, disease, heartache and the challenge to their religious and political beliefs. The work also highlights how it was that many of the Spanish overcame hurdles to fully integrate into their new location by learning a new language, a new sport (rugby), choir membership and a new church. It also describes the environment, in which they lived, as a cosmopolitan location where they were exposed, at intervals, to industrial conflict and racism, but where they all eventually became Welsh.
Rethinking Stateless Nations and National Identity in Wales and the Basque Country
This book looks at the fundamental components of national identity as understood by ordinary nation members, and the way in which it is mobilised by political elites. Drawing on an original case comparison between Wales and the Basque Country, the author suggests there are many commonalities between these two nations, particularly around the fundamentals of their national identities. However, differences occur in terms of degree of intensity of feeling and around the politicisation of identity, with more entrenched and hostile political positioning in the Basque Country than Wales. Through a multi-level comparison, the book generates insights into national identity as a theoretical concept and in a ‘stateless nation’ context. It argues for national identity's intangible, yet polemical, nature, looking at the primordialist way it is understood, its permanence and importance, coupled with its lack of everyday salience and consequent obligations.
Formas y escalas emergentes de las democracias contemporáneas
"Desde hace años numerosas obras vienen advirtiendo que la democracia no vive uno de sus mejores momentos. Su debilitamiento parece global, y afecta no sólo a las democracias más recientes, sino también a los países con más tradición democrática, lo cual se percibe en multitud de aspectos. La presente obra, sin embargo, surge del firme convencimiento de que el futuro de la democracia está aún por trazar. Si se toma una perspectiva amplia para la reflexión, puede vislumbrarse que vivimos un tiempo en el que la democracia, con esfuerzo, está resurgiendo, emergiendo en diferentes formas y escalas, desde lo global hasta lo local, y todas ellas son analizadas tomando como referencia l...
Secessionism and Terrorism
This book examines secessionist terrorism in a comparative context across Europe and Eurasia. The volume seeks to uncover comparative linkages between terrorism and secessionism; specifically examining terrorist organizations that also have a political goal of independence. It examines a wide range of case studies, including the IRA in Northern Ireland, ETA in the Basque Country, FLNC in Corsica and ARD in Brittany, KLA in Kosovo, PKK and TAK in Turkish Kurdistan, and IK in Chechnya. In doing so, the book shows the linkages in terrorist tactics and demands, as well as when and how ceasefires come into place. Ultimately, none of the terrorist organizations studied here has obtained their maxi...
FaceGUK: euskal identitatea eta komunitatearen eraikuntza Internet garaian
Gaur egungo euskal gizartea apur bat gehiago ulertzeko aukera izango duzu liburu honen bidez eta Gizarte Modernoa gainditzen duen gizarte-ereduaren ezaugarriak identifikatu ahalko dituzu. Horretarako, euskal identitatea bezalako gai zaharra begirada, kontzeptu eta galdera berriekin aztertuko dugu, orain arte ikertu gabeko espazioetan —Internet— eta metodologia berrien bidez —etnografia digitala. Euskal identitatea «zer da» galdetzetik «zelan eraikitzen da» erantzutera igaroko gara: definitzen saiatzetik hainbat modutan sentitzera, bizitzera eta eraikitzera. Horrela, Euskal Herriak Internet garaian duen forma eta habitatzen duen territorioa ezagutzeaz gain, estatu espainiar eta frantziarrak duten eragina ezagutuko dugu. Bide hau musika eta literatura munduko hainbat autoreren eskutik, atseginagoa izango zaizu.
Ending ETA's Armed Campaign
This book explains how and why the Basque separatist armed group ETA decided to end its armed campaign against the Spanish state. The ETA’s armed campaign for Basque independence lasted fifty years and led to more than 800 casualties. This book analyzes the factors that led to ETA ending its campaign of violence in 2011, despite having yet to achieve its political objectives. It explains how the Basque pro-independence movement’s political leadership won an internal battle and brought ETA to a position in which abandoning violence was the only feasible choice. The work argues that the key factor leading to the cessation of violence was the loss of support for armed struggle within the pr...
Human Rights Prosecutions in Democracies at War
Though many of the longest and most devastating internal armed conflicts have been fought within the boundaries of democratic states, these countries employ some of the highest numbers of human rights prosecutions. What conditions prompt this outcome and what explains the variable patterns of prosecutions in democracies at war? Prosecutions may be enabled by existing democratic norms and institutions, but given their role in a violent conflict, democratic governments may go to great lengths to avoid judicial accountability. Through qualitative and quantitative research of four cases, Sri Lanka, Northern Ireland, Spain and Colombia, this book argues that emergency and anti-terrorism laws issued during the conflict created barriers to the investigation and prosecution of state human rights violations. The extent to which state actors were held accountable was shaped by citizens, NGOs and political actors who challenged or upheld impunity provisions within emergency legislation.
