What is Spanish nationalism today? From legitimacy crisis to unfulfilled renovation (1975–2000)

Núñez, Xosé-Manoel

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“…This dynamic is sometimes cited as evidence of increasing support for the Spanish state. It is interpreted as a manifestation of a developing civil or shared identity (Martínez-Herrera, 2002, p. 423; Muro & Quiroga, 2005, p. 24), or as evidence of the decline of exclusivist nationalisms in favor of a multinationalism or pluralism that recognizes other identities but continues to locate sovereignty in the overarching Spanish nation (Balfour & Quiroga, 2007, p. 75; Llera, 2009, p. 326; Núñez, 2001, p. 734). Almost all analyses to date share the perspective adopted by Beramendi and Máiz (2004), who argue that devolution may be considered successful “as long as we observe a robust association between the development of the EA [ Estado de las Autonomías , or State of the Autonomies], the expansion of dual identities, and the shrinking of exclusive ones” (p. 138).…”

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Accounting for the Effects of Identity on Political Behavior

Chernyha

Burg

2012

Comparative Political Studies

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This article examines the determinants of identification within the autonomous communities (ACs) of Spain and explores whether “activated identities” guide behavior. The authors test this hypothesized effect empirically and demonstrate that regional and especially (non-Spanish) national activated identity affect preferences for exclusionary policies and for greater autonomy or independence for the AC. Both preferences and activated identities increase the likelihood of voting for regional, rather than statewide, political parties. The authors argue that the strength of attachment to identity (i.e., to the AC to or Spain) and the effect of identities on preferences constitute the mechanisms that link identity to behaviors. Thus, the authors contribute to, and help to clarify, both the theoretical and empirical literatures focused on the relationship between identity and behaviors.

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Accounting for the Effects of Identity on Political Behavior

Chernyha

Burg

2012

Comparative Political Studies

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“…It fit the multi‐ethnic atmosphere of the transition period and the classical stereotype of the Basques. Furthermore, the long authoritarian regime had thoroughly discredited and de‐legitimised Spanish nationalism as a political discourse (Núñez 2001a: 722–4). New democratic politicians rejected its confrontational narratives (conservatives and Catholics versus liberals and secularists), along with the project of a centralist State.…”

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The historical dynamics of ethnic conflicts: confrontational nationalisms, democracy and the Basques in contemporary Spain

Molina

2010

Nations and Nationalism

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All the historical moments in which the Basque debate reached political protagonism in contemporary Spain coincided with political contexts of institutional democratisation. The debate on patriotism in the Basque Country is connected with a uniform narrative regarding the Basques and their moral distance from the Spanish nation: the 'Basque problem'. This narrative has fostered a confrontational discourse between Spanish and Basque nationalism. It has also promoted recourse to specific stereotypical images of the Basques, which bind ethnicity to collective identity. Such representations reveal that the invention of the Basque country as a uniform ethnic collective had much more to do with the internal contradictions of Spanish national identity -and later of Basque identity -than with the existence of a secular conflict between Basques and Spaniards. The Basque case shows that every 'ethnic conflict' requires adequate contextualisation in order to avoid simplifying its origins and past pathways to make it conform to present uses.

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“…Scholars of the transition have recently begun to question or complicate the historical narrative of this process, advocating a multi-factor model of transition (Radcliff 2011) and focusing on the continuing tensions between substate nationalist movements and Spanish nationalism (Núñez 2001;Núñez Seixas 2000. A further destabilizing factor during the transition was the proliferation of low-level terrorist groups through the Spanish periphery, most notably the long-running and highly-publicized armed conflict in Euskadi (the Basque Country).…”

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The Conceyu Nacionalista Astur and the delegitimization of nationalist violence in post-Franco Asturias, 1976–82

Zimmerman

2012

International Journal of Iberian Studies

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the conceyu nacionalista astur and the delegitimization of nationalist violence in post-Franco asturias, 1976-82 abstract In the brief period after the 1975 death of Francisco Franco and the consolidation of the new constitutional order in the early 1980s, a group of radicals attempted to transform a weak, but developing, nationalist movement in Asturias into an armed struggle. During the summer of 1979, these militants seized control of a small nationalist party, the Conceyu Nacionalista Astur (CNA), then concerned principally with the revival of the local language. Aided by the Basque group ETA (político-militar), the CNA began a series of armed robberies. The subsequent arrest of six Asturians and the public exposure of the link between Asturian and Basque nationalism caused a widespread delegitimization of violent tactics, steering most Asturianistas towards more moderate methods in their pursuit of change. The literature on nationalism focuses on cases that developed sustained conflicts, but it is equally important to understand why other movements largely rejected the use of arms.

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What is Spanish nationalism today? From legitimacy crisis to unfulfilled renovation (1975–2000)

Cited by 41 publications

References 3 publications

Accounting for the Effects of Identity on Political Behavior

Accounting for the Effects of Identity on Political Behavior

The historical dynamics of ethnic conflicts: confrontational nationalisms, democracy and the Basques in contemporary Spain

The Conceyu Nacionalista Astur and the delegitimization of nationalist violence in post-Franco Asturias, 1976–82

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