Overview
- Engages with the political trajectories of Euskadi and Navarre populations during nineteenth and twentieth century civil wars to interpret the political history of Spain
- Incorporates into its sociological analysis the understanding of law put forward by legal realism and legal pluralism
- Explores how modern legal thought influences modernist interpretations of nationalism
Part of the book series: Identities and Modernities in Europe (IME)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book offers a novel interdisciplinary approach to interpret the emergence of the Basque-Spanish nationalist conflict. It incorporates into sociological analysis the understanding of law put forward by legal realism and legal pluralism to answer some of the most pressing problems encountered in historical research on this topic. It does so by carrying out a comparative historical analysis which focuses on the puzzle produced by the political trajectories of two traditionally considered Basque territories between 1841 and 1936: Navarre and Vascongadas – the precursor of today’s Euskadi.
Urasstabaso Ruiz argues that the historical and ideological trajectories of these territories need to be understood in relation to their local legal praxis and interpretations of law, which played a key role in how the authorities of these territories responded to the advent of modernisation. Overall, a fresh theoretical alternative is articulated, and the meaning of jurisdictional action is interpreted.
Modern Societies and National Identities will appeal to academics interested in nationalism, the state and modernisation, particularly to those concerned with the Basque Country and the state of Spain.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Unai Urrastabaso Ruiz obtained his PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2015. He is currently establishing himself as an independent researcher, co-founding emerging projects such as Ikena Estudios Sociales.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Modern Societies and National Identities
Book Subtitle: Legal Praxis and the Basque-Spanish Conflict
Authors: Unai R. Urrastabaso
Series Title: Identities and Modernities in Europe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60077-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-60076-5Published: 02 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86771-7Published: 11 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60077-2Published: 12 September 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-3335
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3343
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 218
Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political Sociology, Area Studies, Historical Sociology, Social Theory, European Politics, Socio-legal Studies