To browse Academia. This book examines the Basque political system, emphasizing the intricate relationships among political, social, and institutional actors within the Basque Country.
It argues that understanding the political system entails analyzing how societal views on power are transmitted to politicians and how citizens organize to influence political decisions.
The text also explores the cultural identity of the Basques, particularly regarding their shared language and history, and the desire for national autonomy or independence. Spanish politics has been in constant effervescence since the indignados movement shook the basis of the party system. The explosive mix of a severe economic crisis, the austerity policies, and corruption scandals opened a vast rift between citizens and political elites negatively affecting the representative link.
This rich and illuminating book sheds light on many aspects that feed the tension between the representatives and the represented. Touching upon who the national and regional MPs are, where they come from socially and politically, how they view their representative role, and how they think politics and the state should operate, this book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in understanding key aspects of political representation in Spain.
Written by a young and vibrant cohort of excellent scholars, this book will be highly engaging both for readers interested in Spanish politics and for those interested in political representation and legislative studies. The Basque Country can be said to have entered a new post-violence political scenario in In this context, a new opportunity for debating about the political status of the Country re-emerges. Electoral behavior and additional social evidence show that the accommodation of the Basque Country within the current Spanish constitutional system is far from being settled.
