Podemos and the New Political Cycle: Left-Wing Populism and Anti-Establishment Politics

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This edited volume explores the context in which the Spanish party Podemos operates as both an agent and product of political cycles. It provides an account of the party’s genealogy, ideological environment and relation to other political initiatives in Latin America and Western Europe. The contributors address the multiples dynamics generated by Podemos as a new party developed out of the economic crisis, the structural crisis concerning social democracy and the incarnation of the welfare state project, and, more generally, out of the Left. It will appeal to upper-level students and scholars interested in Spanish politics, history, culture and sociology. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction: Wind of Change: Podemos, Its Dreams and Its Politics (Óscar García Agustín, Marco Briziarelli)....Pages 3-22 Front Matter ....Pages 23-23 The Rise of Podemos: Promises, Constraints, and Dilemmas (César Rendueles, Jorge Sola)....Pages 25-47 The Podemos Discourse: A Journey from Antagonism to Agonism (Javier Franzé)....Pages 49-74 Podemos’ Performative Power: Space Struggles and/as Political Transformation (Susana Martínez Guillem)....Pages 75-94 Front Matter ....Pages 95-95 Podemos’ Twofold Assault on Hegemony: The Possibilities of the Post-Modern Prince and the Perils of Passive Revolution (Marco Briziarelli)....Pages 97-122 Populism, Hegemony, and the Phantasmatic Sovereign: The Ties Between Nationalism and Left-Wing Populism (Emmy Eklundh)....Pages 123-146 We the People or We the Republic? The Need for Republican Populism (Óscar García Agustín)....Pages 147-169 Front Matter ....Pages 171-171 Podemos and Latin America (Salvador Schavelzon, Jeffery R. Webber)....Pages 173-199 Radical Left Populism from the Margins to the Mainstream: A Comparison of Syriza and Podemos (Alexandros Kioupkiolis, Giorgos Katsambekis)....Pages 201-226 Southern European Populisms as Counter-Hegemonic Discourses? A Comparative Perspective of Podemos and M5S (Samuele Mazzolini, Arthur Borriello)....Pages 227-254 Between the Populist Left and Right: Discursive Structure and Ideological Interventions in Podemos and the National Front (Michael De La Caridad Ledezma)....Pages 255-278 Front Matter ....Pages 279-279 Left-Wing Populism and the Assault on the Establishment (Óscar García Agustín, Marco Briziarelli)....Pages 281-294 Back Matter ....Pages 295-299