Are violent national movements in a democratic Western Europe possible? The conflicts on
Corsica and in the Basque country are evidence that they are. The book unveils the background
and development of both conflicts within the structured framework of a comparative analysis. It
presents the conflicts separately giving a general overview of their backgrounds and
developments. The two conflicts are compared by pointing out their similarities and
differences. The diverging outcomes of the conflicts in the year 2000 are explained. Finally
the results of the comparison are applied to a theory of ethnic terrorism.
