Spain after the Indignados/15M movement : the 99% speaks out / Óscar Pereira-Zazo, Steven L. Torres, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pereira, Oscar, editor.

Torres, Steven L. (Steven Luis), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

15-M (Organization).

Protest movements--Spain.

Protest movements.

Social movements--Spain.

Social movements.

Policy sciences--Spain.

Policy sciences.

Equality.

Social conditions.

Spain--Social conditions--21st century.

Spain.

Spain--Politics and government--1975-.

Politics and government.

Equality--Spain.

Physical Description:

xix, 338 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]

Summary:

"Spain After the Indignados/15M Movement explores how the aftershocks of the 2007 Great Recession restructured Spain's political sphere and political imaginary. It brings together a representative sample of Spain's leading progressive voices, including two of the five founding members of the Podemos party. The essays herein explore the areas of economics, politics, ecology, social change, media, and cultural politics in order to present a broad, critical account of contemporary Spain, with a special emphasis on emerging forms of sociopolitical contestation, self-organizing, democratic participation, and radical politics. The edited volume argues that Spanish cultural studies--which originally gravitated toward celebratory accounts of capitalist modernization, the cultural Movida and the advent of a postmodern Spain--must continue to build a new cultural politics that not only challenges the accepted narrative of the Spanish Transition to democracy, but that is committed to confronting the civilizatory challenges currently faced." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: After the 15M / Óscar Pereira-Zazo and Steven L. Torres

15M and Indignant Democracy: Legitimation Problems within Neoliberal Capitalism / Juan Carlos Monedero

'Populism' as the Task of Constructing a People for Change / Luis Alegre Zahonero

Podemos in Spain: Limits and Possibilities for Change / Santiago Alba Rico

The 15M and the Financialization of Spanish Society / Armando Fernández-Steinko

Basic Income: A Rational Proposal Guaranteeing the Material Existence of the Population / Daniel Raventós and Julie Wark

Feminism and Environmentalism in Dialogue with the 15M and the New Political Cycle in Spain / Yayo Herrero

The Podemos Phenomenon and the Crisis of Civilization / Emilio Santiago Muiño

Toward a Postindustrial Left in Spain: Political Parties and Social Movements Facing the Collapse of Civilization / Manuel Casal-Lodeiro

Media Control and Emancipation: The Public Sphere in Post-15M Spain / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

Breaking the Walls of the Palace : The 15M Facing the Mass Media and the Culture Industry / César Rendueles and Jorge Sola

From the Politicization of Life to the New Politics / Marina Garcés

Post-15M Grassroots Interventions in and for Public Space : Resurgence in Everyday Forms of Control and Resistance / Megan Saltzman

PAH, the Platform for people affected by mortgages : A transformative and poliethical mobilization / Jordi Mir Garcia

Cultura a la Contra: Toward Alternatives to the Civilizational and Ecological Crisis / Palmar Álvarez-Blanco

Reasons to Celebrate / Alberto San Juan

Ending the Culture of Fear Once and for All: Notes on Negra Blanca and Other Forms of Post-15M Empowerment / Luis Moreno-Caballud and Helena de Llanos

Broken Authorities / Belén Gopegui

A Specter Is Haunting the Recent Spanish Novel / David Becerra-Mayor

Conclusion: toward a new cultural politics for Spain / Óscar Pereira-Zazo and Steven L. Torres.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Spain after the Indignados/15M Movement.

ISBN:

9783030194345

3030194345

OCLC:

1110450622