Basque nationalism and the spiral of silence: An analysis of public perceptions of ETA in Spain and France

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-153

  Spencer, Anthony T ^a   Croucher, Stephen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basque separatists; ETA; France; Looking glass effect; Spain; Spiral of silence

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449110139     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048507086909     Document Type: Article

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