Labelling and Legitimization: Justifying Political Violence in the Basque Country

Hans-Peter van den Broek

Terrorism and Political Violence, 2017, vol. 29, issue 1, 119-136

Abstract: This article focuses on the role of labelling in the discourse employed by the Left-Wing Nationalist movement in the Basque Country to legitimize the use of violence for political ends. The approach in this article goes beyond classic labelling theory. I demonstrate that radical Nationalists do not passively undergo their being labelled as deviants (fanatics, terrorists) by society, but develop counter-labels instead to define their opponents and re-label themselves.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/09546553.2014.995788

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