Shared Space: Divided Space: Essays on Conflict and Territorial Organization by Michael Chisholm & David M. Smith

Author:Michael Chisholm & David M. Smith [Chisholm, Michael & Smith, David M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781138927537
Google: 137YsgEACAAJ
Goodreads: 26408156
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-07-27T13:46:34+00:00

Geography and politics

Geopolitical divisions and the ways in which they have shaped the historic conflict between Basque nationalists and the Spanish state are the focus of this chapter. It traces the development of Basque nationalism which was created at the end of the 19th century – a conservative reaction against the belated centralization of the Spanish state and against the industrialization of the major Basque city of Bilbao. The chapter sketches the ambivalence of the Basques during the Spanish Civil War – their subsequent oppression by Franco’s highly centralized regime abruptly ended the brief achievement of devolved government for part of the Spanish Basque country in the 1930s – and outlines the resurgence of a more militant and radical nationalism under ETA’s leadership in the 1960s and 1970s and its impact on the Spanish state. Based partly on interviews conducted in the Basque Country1 the chapter seeks to explain the continuation and intractability of the conflict despite the post-Franco democratization of Spain and the achievement again of devolved government for three of the Basque provinces in 1980.

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