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Articulating Radical-left Populism and Social Movements : The Podemos Case
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Chazel, Laura Fernández, Guillermo |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | The Spanish political party Podemos was born in January 2014 in a country deeply marked by the Great recession (2007-09) and by the 15-M movement (2011). The founding members of Podemos regularly repeat that the « the 15-M movement existed without Podemos but Podemos couldn't have existed without the 15-M ». The aim of this work is to show how a political and economic crisis, followed by a social movement, creates a breeding ground for the birth of a radical-left populism. A left-wing populism can find its roots in a social movement by articulating its claims, expectations and protests. Podemos can be considered as the result of a synergy between a social movement and a political party, and, therefore, appears as a textbook case. The party was created by a dozen of political sciences professors from the University Complutense of Madrid. They saw in the crisis and in this social movement a « window of opportunity » allowing the creation of a new political force. The main goal of this new force was to « turn outrage into political change » (« convertir la indignación en cambio político »). Noting the failure of the left and the rise of far-right parties all over the European continent, the founding members decided to reject the left/right axis and to mobilize a new opposition, which finds its origins in the 15-M movement : the people (« el pueblo ») against the elite (« la casta »). This strategic fracture was mainly inspired by three authors : Antonio Gramsci, Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe (and, more generally, the Essex School). Leaning on their concepts, theories and insights, the founding members began with the ambition to create a radical-left populism. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://ecpr.eu/Filestore/PaperProposal/d9b79f59-ddb0-4546-a0e8-a2fba1acd2c1.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
