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Democratic Accommodation Under Pressure: A comparative study of the ethnopolitical accommodation in the Basque Country and Cataluña (1975-2017)

Consiglio, Annika LU (2018) FKVK02 20181
Department of Political Science
Abstract
1975 marked the end of the Spanish dictatorship under the rule of
General Francisco Franco and the transition to democracy. Yet,
the Basque ethnopolitical militant group Euskadi ta Askatasuna
(ETA) continued its violent struggle until 2017, several years after
the end of the dictatorship, while the otherwise peaceful
independence movement in Catalonia began escalating following
an illegal referendum. This study examines why certain
ethnopolitical groups’ violently rebell, while others use do not
through the use of Ted Robert Gurr’s theoretical framework of
democratic accommodation under pressure, which addresses
institutional democracies’ policies on accommodating cultural
pluralism and its impact on ethnopolitical rebellion and... (More)
1975 marked the end of the Spanish dictatorship under the rule of
General Francisco Franco and the transition to democracy. Yet,
the Basque ethnopolitical militant group Euskadi ta Askatasuna
(ETA) continued its violent struggle until 2017, several years after
the end of the dictatorship, while the otherwise peaceful
independence movement in Catalonia began escalating following
an illegal referendum. This study examines why certain
ethnopolitical groups’ violently rebell, while others use do not
through the use of Ted Robert Gurr’s theoretical framework of
democratic accommodation under pressure, which addresses
institutional democracies’ policies on accommodating cultural
pluralism and its impact on ethnopolitical rebellion and protest.
The findings suggest that the recognition of political actors and
collective rights were higher in the Catalan region, while the
Basque Country was less included in the negotiations as well as in
the institutional system. (Less)
Popular Abstract
1975 marked the end of the Spanish dictatorship under the rule of
General Francisco Franco and the transition to democracy. Yet,
the Basque ethnopolitical militant group Euskadi ta Askatasuna
(ETA) continued its violent struggle until 2017, several years after
the end of the dictatorship, while the otherwise peaceful
independence movement in Catalonia began escalating following
an illegal referendum. This study examines why certain
ethnopolitical groups’ violently rebell, while others use do not
through the use of Ted Robert Gurr’s theoretical framework of
democratic accommodation under pressure, which addresses
institutional democracies’ policies on accommodating cultural
pluralism and its impact on ethnopolitical rebellion and... (More)
1975 marked the end of the Spanish dictatorship under the rule of
General Francisco Franco and the transition to democracy. Yet,
the Basque ethnopolitical militant group Euskadi ta Askatasuna
(ETA) continued its violent struggle until 2017, several years after
the end of the dictatorship, while the otherwise peaceful
independence movement in Catalonia began escalating following
an illegal referendum. This study examines why certain
ethnopolitical groups’ violently rebell, while others use do not
through the use of Ted Robert Gurr’s theoretical framework of
democratic accommodation under pressure, which addresses
institutional democracies’ policies on accommodating cultural
pluralism and its impact on ethnopolitical rebellion and protest.
The findings suggest that the recognition of political actors and
collective rights were higher in the Catalan region, while the
Basque Country was less included in the negotiations as well as in
the institutional system. (Less)
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author
Consiglio, Annika LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
A comparative study of ethnopolitical accommodation in the Basque Country and Cataluña (1975-2017)
course
FKVK02 20181
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Basque Country, Catalonia, ethnopolitics, rebellion, accommodation, recognition, inclusion, collective rights
language
English
id
8956794
date added to LUP
2020-08-03 11:32:36
date last changed
2020-08-03 11:32:36
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  abstract     = {{1975 marked the end of the Spanish dictatorship under the rule of
General Francisco Franco and the transition to democracy. Yet,
the Basque ethnopolitical militant group Euskadi ta Askatasuna
(ETA) continued its violent struggle until 2017, several years after
the end of the dictatorship, while the otherwise peaceful
independence movement in Catalonia began escalating following
an illegal referendum. This study examines why certain
ethnopolitical groups’ violently rebell, while others use do not
through the use of Ted Robert Gurr’s theoretical framework of
democratic accommodation under pressure, which addresses
institutional democracies’ policies on accommodating cultural
pluralism and its impact on ethnopolitical rebellion and protest.
The findings suggest that the recognition of political actors and
collective rights were higher in the Catalan region, while the
Basque Country was less included in the negotiations as well as in
the institutional system.}},
  author       = {{Consiglio, Annika}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Democratic Accommodation Under Pressure: A comparative study of the ethnopolitical accommodation in the Basque Country and Cataluña (1975-2017)}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}