Overview
- Examines the interplay between cycles of protest and material hardship
- Addresses the implications of the Spanish experience for existing theories of protest and contention
- Shows how grievances contribute to protest but participation in protests also helps to shape grievances
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology (PSEPS)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Spanish politics
- political participation
- social movement studies
- austerity
- 15.M protest movement
- Great Recession
- Podemos
- popular mobilisation during austerity
- political mobilisation
- political grievances
- socioeconomic grievances
- democratic dissatisfaction
- political protest
- democratic consolidation
- democracy
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Reviews
“This is an impressive book that makes both theoretical and empirical contributions. Based on a variety of micro- and macro-level data and sophisticated statistical analyses, it provides a quite original message: in the depth of the Spanish economic crisis, it was not economic grievances that motivated Spaniards of different walks of life to participate massively in protests. Instead, it was political grievances that were motivating them and that eventually led them to support new challenger parties.” (Hanspeter Kriesi, European University Institute, Italy)
“The important new book of Martín Portos provides readers with a fascinating contribution to our general theoretical analysis of social movement mobilisations and our specific understanding of the Spanish case. Making use of his wide-ranging multi-method research and the rigorous examination of various types of data, Portos engages insightfully with existing theorizations and improves on them in various ways. The result is a major in-depth contribution that will be required reading both for those who follow social movement studies and those who care about contemporary Spain and southern Europe.” (Robert M. Fishman, Carlos III University, Madrid, Spain)
“This volume is a must-read for anyone interested in the political consequences of the Great Recession or on recent Spanish politics. It addresses the relationship between austerity-related grievances and protest mobilization using an extensive array of data and methodologies. It is an impressive effort of data analysis that highlights the importance of political dissatisfaction in the context of assessing the consequences of economic upheaval.” (Eva Anduiza, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
“This remarkable book shows, if need be, that protest is a political phenomenon and, therefore, should be studied with political rather than economic categories. Martín Portos skilfully shows that, even in times of economic downturn, political grievances matter, determining the ways ordinary citizens get involved in politics. His analysis of the Spanish case offers lessons and food for thought that go well beyond this specific context.” (Marco G. Giugni, University of Geneva, Switzerland)
“Martín Portos’ work offers a most needed contribution for rethinking important concepts and theoretical approaches in social movement studies. Bringing grievances, and more broadly the structural bases of political conflicts, at centre stage, he points however at the importance of the political mobilization of those grievances. The data presented are extremely rich, allowing to address the question of the roots of the protests at different levels. As the need to study politics in times of big challenges is emerging again as most relevant for the analysis of the effects of the pandemic on political participation, this volume also offers a model for the organization of meaningful empirical research.” (Donatella della Porta, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Grievances and Public Protests
Book Subtitle: Political Mobilisation in Spain in the Age of Austerity
Authors: Martín Portos
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53405-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53404-2Published: 21 August 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53407-3Published: 21 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-53405-9Published: 20 August 2020
Series ISSN: 2946-6016
Series E-ISSN: 2946-6024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 294
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: European Politics, Political Sociology, Political Communication, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Democracy