The Basques, the Catalans, and Spain: alternative routes to nationalist mobilisation

Daniele Conversi's book is a comprehensive introduction to Basque and Catalan nationalism. The two movements have much in common but have differed in the strategies adopted to further their cause. Basque nationalism, in the shape of the military wing of ETA, took the path of violence, spawning an efficient terrorist campaign. Catalan nationalism, by contrast, is generally more accommodating and peaceful. Rooted in cultures that long predate the modern state, and bound by languages and traditions that divide them from their Castilian neighoburs, the Basques and Catalans have struggled for centuries to retain their ethnic identities on face of modernisation ans state-enforced assimilation. The latter reached its severest form under Francoism, especially in the early years after the Civil War. Daniele Conversi examines and compares the history, motives and methods of these movements, considering the influence of such intertwined aspects of nationalist mobilisation as the choice of language race and descent as core values; the consequences of large-scale immigration; and the causes and effects of political violence.

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