1st Edition

Intra-State Immigrants as Sub-State Nationalists Lived Experiences in the Basque Country

By Nick Hutcheon Copyright 2020
150 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the attitudes, opinions and life experiences of first and second generation intra-state immigrants who are convinced and committed Basque nationalists. Based on in-depth interviews with activists, it challenges many of the assumptions often made about Basque nationalism as an exemplary case of ethnic nationalism in the exclusive sense. Focusing on activists’ migration history,... Read more

1. Introduction



2. Intra-State Immigrants in the Basque Country: Lived Experiences



3. Inclusion and Exclusion: Lived Experiences



4. National and Regional Identities: Self-Definitions



5. Political Identities: Self-Definitions



6. Being a Basque Nationalist: Lived Experiences



7. Conclusion

Biography

Nick Hutcheon has studied and researched languages and nationalism at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Leeds, UK.