Cristina Flesher Fominaya

Democracy Reloaded (eBook, PDF)

Inside Spain's Political Laboratory from 15-M to Podemos

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In Democracy Reloaded, Cristina Flesher Fominaya tells the story of one of the most influential social movements of recent times: Spain's "Indignados" or "15-M" movement that took to the streets of Spain on May 15, 2011 with the rallying cry "Real Democracy Now! We are not commodities in the hands of bankers and politicians!" Based on access to key participants in the 15-M movement and Podemos and extensive participant observation, Flesher Fominaya tells a provocative and original story of this remarkable movement, its emergence, evolution, and impact. In so doing, she argues that in times of global economic and democratic crisis, movements organized around autonomous network logics can build and sustain strong movements in the absence of formal organizations, strong professionalized leadership, and the ability to attract external resources. Further, she challenges explanations for success that rest on the mobilizing power of social media. Through in-depth analysis of the month long occupation of Madrid's Puerta del Sol, and subsequent 15-M mobilization, Democracy Reloaded shows how the experience of the protest camp revitalized pre-existing networks, forged bonds of solidarity, and gave birth to a new movement that went on to influence public debate and the political agenda, in Spain and beyond.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190099985
• Artikelnr.: 59308480

Autorenporträt

Cristina Flesher Fominaya is Professor of Global Studies at Aarhus University and an internationally recognized expert in European social movements and politics. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. She is Editor in Chief of the journal Social Movement Studies, cofounder of open access Interface Journal, author of Social Movements in a Globalized World (2nd ed), and co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary European Social Movements (2020). She has published widely on social movements, democracy, and Spanish and European politics in English and Spanish.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* List of Maps and Figures
* List of Tables
* List of Images
* List of Abbreviations
* Introduction
* Part I: Spanish Democracy and 15-M
* Chapter 1: Spanish Democracy and 15-M
* Part II: 15-M: From Protest to Occupation
* Chapter 2: Origin Stories
* Chapter 3: 15-May 2011: An Unexpected Detonator
* Chapter 4: Acampada Sol: The Chrysalis and the Crucible
* Chapter 5: Assessing the Significance of Acampada Sol
* Part III: From Occupation To Movement: Inside the 15-M Network
* Chapter 6: "It's Not A Crisis, It's A Swindle": Indignant and
Precarious Pensioners
* Chapter 7: "The Citizens Did It": 15mparato, Autonomous Hacker Ethics
in Action
* Chapter 8: The Pah: Building a Movement within a Movement
* Chapter 9: Indignant and Precarious Youth
* Part IV: From 15-M to Podemos
* Chapter 10: 15-M And Podemos: Explaining the Puzzle of the "Electoral
Turn"
* Chapter 11: Podemos: A Hybrid Party?
* Conclusions
* Chapter 12: 15-M Political Culture, Collective Identity, and the
Logic of Autonomous Networks in the Digital Age
* Chapter 13: Democracy Reloaded: Politics in Times of Crisis
* Notes
* References
* Index