Legacy and Rupture: the Political Learning of Young Left-wing Basque Nationalists in the Post-ETA Period

The article examines ways in which the left-wing nationalist movement in the Basque Country has offered a framework of opportunity for the construction of activist youth agency. It also identifies transformations in youth activist practices over the last decade, following the cessation of ETA´s arme...

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Autores: Larrinaga Renteria, Ane, Amurrio Vélez, Milagros
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2022
País:España
Recursos:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositório:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/65920
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/65920
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:political socialization
youth agency
nationalism
Basque Country
change
post-conflict
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Resumo:The article examines ways in which the left-wing nationalist movement in the Basque Country has offered a framework of opportunity for the construction of activist youth agency. It also identifies transformations in youth activist practices over the last decade, following the cessation of ETA´s armed activity. Based on in-depth interviews, we set out to reconstruct the evolution of the political learning and trajectories of youth from the Basque Nationalist left during this period. The analysis of these young peoples’ narratives allows us to understand some of the meanings that they attach to their current political practices. With respect to inherited political traditions, continuity was manifest in the existence of enduring dispositions favourable to counter-hegemonic activism. Changes were manifest in the adaptation of these dispositions to new political conditions through progressively more individualized forms of political action, connected to emerging contemporary agendas.