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Podemos jako „partia-ruch”
Podemos as a „party movement”

Author(s): Katarzyna Sobolewska-Myślik
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Spanish political parties; social movements; populism

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the origin and activity of the new Spanish political party, Podemos. This party was established in 2014 and quite quickly gained an important position in the Spanish political and party system. Podemos is usually qualified as populist. In the article, the author argues that Podemos can be viewed as a manifestation of the Spanish social movement named the 15-M Movement, and thus it can also be analyzed using the theoretical category of “movement party,” proposed by Herbert Kitschelt. While not denying the populist qualification of Podemos, this category allows more precise characteristics of this party to be captured.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 147-162
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish