Movement parties against austerity
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Cambridge ; Malden : Polity Press, 2017
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DELLA PORTA, Donatella, FERNÁNDEZ, Joseba, KOUKI, Hara, MOSCA, Lorenzo, Movement parties against austerity, Cambridge ; Malden : Polity Press, 2017 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/45890
Abstract
The ascendance of austerity policies and the 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 draws inspiration and strength from social movements. The rise of movement parties challenges simplistic expectations of a growing separation between institutional and contentious politics and the decline of the left. Their return 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.