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ETA strategies

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https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/2099

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ETA, clandestine violence, armed strategy, Basque country, database

Abstract

Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA), a clandestine organisation formed in the late 1950s, dissolved after sixty years of existence. To date, all the statistical studies concerning it have been produced on the basis of a census of its victims. We have built up an original database of its actions from which it is possible to highlight the limits of certain methodological choices and to propose a refined analysis of the group’s strategic options over its entire existence. The present study thus contributes to reconsidering the phases of its military action, i.e. its strategy, as well as the evolution of its targets. Analysis of this evolution makes it possible to clarify ETA’s strategic turning points from a broader perspective than that of the victims alone.

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Author Biography

Caroline Guibet Lafaye, CNRS

Caroline Guibet Lafaye is permanent senior research fellow at the CNRS (Lisst –University of Toulouse - Jean Jaurès). She holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Paris-I Panthéon-Sorbonne and dedicates her research in sociology and political philosophy to the processes of engagement in political clandestine violence. She draws on a normative corpus of philosophy and empirical sociology to identify the processes of legitimization of political violence as well as the “vocabulary of motives” and the “politics of signification”, convened by several armed struggle organizations in Western Europe (extreme left, national liberation) and the Middle East. Her latest books published are Armes et principes. Éthique de l’engagement politique armé (éd. du Croquant, 2019) and Le conflit au pays basque : regards des militants illégaux (Peter Lang, 2020). Contact details: 5 allées Antonio Machado, 31058 Toulouse (France). Email: caroline.guibetlafaye@univ-tlse2.fr

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20-12-2024

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Guibet Lafaye, C. (2024) “ETA strategies: new prospects”, Oñati Socio-Legal Series. doi: 10.35295/osls.iisl/2099.

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