The Basque Country within Spain and Europe: Basque Nationalist Party proposals during the Spanish transition to democracy (1975–1980)
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2020
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Peter Lang
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This chapter examines the public discourse of the Basque Nationalist Party (the PNV) following the end of the Franco dictatorship in Spain (1975–80). It highlights an important transitional period during which the traditional ethnic and religious criteria of ‘Basqueness’ gave way to a wider political understanding of identity. The political demands of the PNV centred on the restoration of the historical rights of the Basque People to self-government. The party’s aim was twofold: to reinforce the consciousness of a Basque identity, while simultaneously justifying its involvement in the newly emerging Spanish democracy. The wider European context had a defining influence on the party’s self-understanding and the way in which it framed its political agenda. The chapter concludes with an epilogue on the development of Basque nationalist discourse and its political project over time.
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Arrieta Alberdi, L. (2020). The Basque Country within Spain and Europe: Basque Nationalist Party Proposals during the Spanish Transition to Democracy (1975–1980). En Pulling together or pulling apart?: Perspectives on nationhood, identity and belonging in Europe (pp. 29-54). Peter Lang.