Movement parties against austerity / Donatella della Porta, Joseba Fernández, Hara Kouki and Lorenzo Mosca.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Della Porta, Donatella, 1956- author.

Fernández, Joseba, author.

Kouki, Hara, author.

Mosca, Lorenzo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties.

Social movements--Political aspects.

Social movements.

Financial crises--Political aspects.

Financial crises.

Economic policy.

Physical Description:

237 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2017.

Summary:

The ascendance of austerity policies and the wave of protests they have generated have had a deep impact on the shape of contemporary politics. The stunning electoral successes of Syriza in Greece, Podemos in Spain and the Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) in Italy, alongside the quest for a more radical left in countries such as the UK and the US, bear witness to a new wave of parties that draw inspiration and strength from social movements. While dissatisfaction with traditional institutional politics continues apace, the rise of movement parties challenges simplistic expectations of a growing separation between institutional and contentious politics and the decline of the left. First becoming visible in Latin America in the 1990s, with a parallel move in Europe in recent years, the return of movement parties demands attention as a way of understanding both contemporary socio-political dynamics and the fundamentals of political parties and representation. Bridging social movement and party politics studies, within a broad concern with democratic theories, this volume presents new empirical evidence and conceptual insight into these topical socio-political phenomena, within a cross-national comparative perspective.

Contents:

Movement parties in times of (anti)austerity : an introduction

The genesis of movement parties in the neoliberal critical juncture

Organizational repertoires of movement parties

Framing movement parties

Comparing movement parties' success and failures

Movement parties : some conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Della Porta, Donatella, 1956- author. Movement parties against austerity.

ISBN:

9781509511457

1509511458

9781509511464

1509511466

OCLC:

956395603