Movement Parties Against Austerity

Donatella della Porta, Joseba Fernández, Hara Kouki, Lorenzo Mosca

• Publisher: Polity
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781509511464, 9781509511457
• eBook ISBN: 9781509511471
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• 1: Movement Parties in Times of (Anti-)Austerity: An Introduction
• 2: The Genesis of Movement Parties in the Neoliberal Critical Juncture
• 3: Organizational Repertoires of Movement Parties
• 4: Framing Movement Parties
• 5: Comparing Movement Parties’ Success and Failures
• 6: Movement Parties: Some Conclusions
• Appendix: List of Interviews
• Notes
• References
• Index
• EULA