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Reports from the newspaper EGIN (N = 887 protest events) are drawn on to explore changes in Basque environmental protest, 1988-1997, when environmental issues delinked from the national question. Protest over the Leizaran motorway accounts for the 1990/91 peak in number of protests; EGIN's nationalist coverage gave it prominence as well. The spatial distribution of protest incidents is further elaborated before addressing the local nature of Basque environmental protest & the provincial character of the issues around which people mobilized & institutions at which such protests were targeted. As noted, transport was a leading protest issue, seconded by construction; overall, Basque protest has an antidevelopmentalist slant. Protest was much more demonstrative than confrontational or violent & involved a high number of organizations as befits the local nature of the protests; the link between organizations & issues is briefly looked at. In terms of innovation, a shift toward media communication & away from direct action is evident; although spectacular forms of action did occur. More attention is given to the increasing trend in environmental protest localism, focusing on the Leizaran (1990/91) & Itoiz (1996) conflicts. In closing, the institutionalization of the environmental movement is touched on, contending that the situation in the Basque Country does not quite fit such a model. 6 Tables, 2 Figures. J. Zendejas

Reports from the newspaper EGIN (N = 887 protest events) are drawn on to explore changes in Basque environmental protest, 1988-1997, when environmental issues delinked from the national question. Protest over the Leizaran motorway accounts for the 1990/91 peak in number of protests; EGIN's nationalist coverage gave it prominence as well. The spatial distribution of protest incidents is further elaborated before addressing the local nature of Basque environmental protest & the provincial character of the issues around which people mobilized & institutions at which such protests were targeted. As noted, transport was a leading protest issue, seconded by construction; overall, Basque protest has an antidevelopmentalist slant. Protest was much more demonstrative than confrontational or violent & involved a high number of organizations as befits the local nature of the protests; the link between organizations & issues is briefly looked at. In terms of innovation, a shift toward media communication & away from direct action is evident; although spectacular forms of action did occur. More attention is given to the increasing trend in environmental protest localism, focusing on the Leizaran (1990/91) & Itoiz (1996) conflicts. In closing, the institutionalization of the environmental movement is touched on, contending that the situation in the Basque Country does not quite fit such a model. 6 Tables, 2 Figures. J. Zendejas

"Homosexuality has historically been considered an aberration by most religions and a nefandum activity typified as a crime of sodomy in most countries of the world. Homosexuality was persecuted and punished in various ways and continues to be so in too many places around the world. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union establishes in article 21 that all discrimination shall be prohibited, included that based on sexual orientation, but the declaration does not mention the right to freely hold the person's own gender identity. We are certainly still far from living in a world in which the basic rights of humanity are fully respected. This book, fruit of the collaboration of the Center for Basque Studies of the University of Nevada and the Master in Feminist and Gender Studies of the University of the Basque Country, constitutes the first monograph written in English on this subject in relation to the Basque case. It tries to give response to the existing void around the issues of historical, legal and political, but also social and cultural reality, problems and challenges of the LGBT+ collective in the Basque Country"--

The aim of this article is to analyze the recent evolution of nationalism in the French Basque Country. After considering some of the factors that explain its weak electoral showing, which contrasts with its strength in the cultural & economic spheres, we present the axes of its present-day consolidation: its role in the development policies started by the authorities in the 1990s, & its role in the policies that postulate the institutionalization of the French Basque Country. Both factors have made it possible for nationalism to occupy a key position in the local political debate. 32 References. Adapted from the source document.

Focuses on issues and prospects of the 1998-99 elections. Discusses political situation, regional elections, political parties, radicalism, constitutionalism, nationalism, and regionalism.