Grievances And Public Protests: Political Mobilisation In Spain In The Age Of Austerity

Foreword......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Praise for Grievances and Public Protests......Page 11
Contents......Page 13
Abbreviations......Page 15
List of Figures......Page 17
List of Tables......Page 19
Introduction......Page 20
Theoretical Framework (I): Grievances......Page 22
Theoretical Framework (II): Cleavages, Grievances and the Political Process Approach—An Integrated Framework......Page 28
Empirical Design......Page 38
This Volume......Page 40
References......Page 44
Introduction......Page 57
The Recession Hits Spain: The Chronicle of a Foretold Drama......Page 59
Mobilisation in Spain Since the Transition......Page 68
Contending with Austerity: An Overview......Page 72
References......Page 76
Introduction......Page 83
Data and Methods......Page 86
The Cycle of Anti-Austerity Protest in Spain......Page 88
Protest Persistence and No-radicalisation......Page 95
Downward Scale Shift and Alliance Building......Page 99
Conclusion......Page 104
Appendix......Page 106
References......Page 114
Introduction......Page 121
Grievances and the Size of Protests......Page 122
Protest Event Analysis......Page 126
The Dependent Variable......Page 130
Predictors......Page 132
Controls......Page 135
Results and Discussion......Page 139
Conclusion......Page 147
Appendix......Page 150
References......Page 167
Introduction......Page 174
Grievances for Mobilisation Under the Recession......Page 175
Objective-Material Grievances......Page 176
Subjective-Ideational Grievances......Page 178
Feedback Effects?......Page 182
Data......Page 184
The Dependent Variable......Page 185
Predictors......Page 187
Controls......Page 189
Results and Discussion......Page 190
Conclusion......Page 200
Appendix......Page 201
References......Page 203
Chapter 6 Voicing Outrage Unevenly: Democratic Dissatisfaction and Frequency of Participation in the 15M Campaign......Page 211
The Determinants of Participation in the 15M Campaign......Page 213
Different Frequencies of Participation......Page 215
Democratic Dissatisfaction and Differential Participation......Page 217
Data......Page 220
Methods......Page 221
The Dependent Variable......Page 222
Explanatory Variable and Controls......Page 223
Variable-Centred Strategies......Page 226
Case-Centred Strategies......Page 229
Conclusion......Page 232
Appendix......Page 234
References......Page 237
Chapter 7 Moving from the Squares to the Ballot Box: Podemos and the Institutionalisation of the Cycle of Anti-austerity Protest......Page 242
Literature Review and Theoretical Framework......Page 244
The Spanish Cycle of Protest: From Extra-Conventional Mobilisation to the Electoral Strategy......Page 250
Appropriation of Political Opportunities......Page 251
Symbolic Construction of Leadership......Page 255
Cognitive Liberation......Page 257
Conclusion......Page 261
Appendix......Page 262
References......Page 263
Chapter 8 Conclusion: Movements of Crisis and Democratic Deepening......Page 271
Grievances for Mobilisation......Page 273
Cycles of Collective Action......Page 280
Protesting in (Post-?)Austerity Times......Page 284
Beyond Protesting: Political Participation and the Deepening of Democracy......Page 289
References......Page 294
Index......Page 301