Abstract
In Northern Ireland the population has been classified into different communities following political/religious categories. Scholars, as well as the people in general, have usually compared the situation in the Basque Country with that existing in Ulster. In this article we explore whether Basque society might be classified using the kind of categories valid for the Northern Irish, trying to address the following question: To what extent does Northern Ireland’s “nationalism from below” reflect the same kind of political-religious communities prevailing in the Basque Country? In order to find an answer we focus on the evolution of radical nationalist groups in the Basque Country, Spain, the United Kingdom and Ireland in the second half of the twentieth century.
Highlights
In this article we explore whether Basque society might be classified using the kind of categories valid for the Northern Irish, trying to address the following question: To what extent does Northern Ireland’s “nationalism from below” reflect the same kind of political-religious communities prevailing in the Basque Country? In order to find an answer we focus on the evolution of radical nationalist groups in the Basque Country, Spain, the United Kingdom and Ireland in the second half of the twentieth century
WALKER, Brian: A Political History of the Two Irelands: From Partition to Peace, Basingstoke/ New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
Summary
Resumen En Irlanda del Norte la principal línea divisoria de la población es la pertenencia a una categoría específica, la de comunidad político-religiosa. En diversas ocasiones se ha comparado la situación del País Vasco con la del Ulster. Pretendemos responder a la siguiente pregunta principal: ¿en qué medida el nacionalismo desde abajo en Irlanda del Norte y Euskadi se parece o difiere respecto a la construcción de comunidades político-religiosas? Nos centraremos en la evolución de las alas radicales de los nacionalismos vasco, español, británico e irlandés en la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Palabras clave: País Vasco, Ulster, comunidad político-religiosa, nacionalismo desde abajo, políticas de la muerte, violencia política, giro local. Making the nation from below: Violence and identities in the Basque Country and Ulster
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