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Peacebuilding Beyond Terrorism? Revisiting the Narratives of the Basque Conflict.

Authors :
Tellidis, Ioannis
Source :
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism; 2020, Vol. 43 Issue 6, p529-547, 19p, 2 Diagrams
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Taking stock of critical peace research and agonistic politics, this article revisits the Basque conflict to examine the role of the state's counterterrorist narrative and that of the Basque civil society in the elimination of violence. It argues that violence could have ended sooner if Spanish governments had sought to engage with the non- and antiviolent independentist discourse of broad sectors of the Basque society, rather than criminalizing it as they rightly did with the radical/extremist nationalists. Had they done so, they could have capitalized on Basque civil society's strong antiviolent and anti–Euskadi Ta Askatasuna discourse to marginalize the terrorist organization and its networks of support. The article presents a framework that makes possible the marginalization of militancy and extremism in cases where the state accepts to negotiate the legitimacy of the demands of non- and/or antiviolent nationalists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1057610X
Volume :
43
Issue :
6
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
143154150
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2018.1452794