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Nation and democracy building in contemporary Europe: the reproduction of the Basque demos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Jule Goikoetxea
Jule Goikoetxea*
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Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Abstract

The article analyzes the material or objectified reproduction of the Basque demos since democracy was established in Spain in 1980. Spain holds within its territory diverse regions and political communities and the Basque case is a highly illustrative example of how the development of regional state institutions is fundamental for the reproduction of distinct democratic demoi not merely in their political but also socio-economic dimension. This paper argues that, in our current European context, political distinctions cannot become effectively objectified and instituted power structures without state institutions being able to uphold a differentiated system of stratification.

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Basque democracynation-buildingdemos reproduction
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Nationalities Papers , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , January 2014 , pp. 145 - 164
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Copyright © 2014 Association for the Study of Nationalities 

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