Podemos and the New Political Cycle: Left-Wing Populism and Anti-Establishment Politics
Intro -- Contents -- About the Authors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Wind of Change: Podemos, Its Dreams and Its Politics -- 1.1 Podemos' Genealogy: The Social and Political Definition of a Project -- 1.2 The Political Cycle: Moments of Madness and Institutionalization -- 1.3 Continuities and Ruptures of Podemos' Political Field -- 1.4 The Left Beyond Social Democracy -- 1.5 Structure of the Book -- References -- Part II: Genealogy -- Chapter 2: The Rise of Podemos: Promises, Constraints, and Dilemmas -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Regime of '78 and Its Crisis -- 2.3 From TV to Left-Wing Populism -- 2.4 Movement-Party or Electoral War Machine? -- 2.5 We the People… But Which People? -- 2.6 Promises, Constraints, and Dilemmas -- References -- Chapter 3: The Podemos Discourse: A Journey from Antagonism to Agonism -- 3.1 Introduction and Focus -- 3.2 Basic Concept and Assumptions -- 3.3 First Phase: The Antagonistic Podemos -- 3.4 Second Phase: The Agonistic Podemos -- 3.4.1 First Juncture: Recognition of the Institutions That Were Established in 1978 -- 3.4.2 Second Juncture: The Second Transition -- 3.4.3 Third Juncture: Alliance with IU -- 3.4.4 Fourth Juncture: End of the Blitzkrieg, and Institutional Routine -- 3.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 4: Podemos' Performative Power: Space Struggles and/as Political Transformation -- 4.1 Shrinking Space, Indignation Growth: Producing Precarious Privilege -- 4.2 Podemos' Performative Power: Transforming Political Culture Through Institutional Spaces -- 4.3 Conclusions: Hybrid Politics, Hybrid Spaces -- References -- Part III: Concepts -- Chapter 5: Podemos' Twofold Assault on Hegemony: The Possibilities of the Post-Modern Prince and the Perils of Passive Revolution -- 5.1 Podemos and Gramscian Hegemony