Grievances and Public Protests: Political Mobilisation in Spain in the Age of Austerity

Grievances and Public Protests: Political Mobilisation in Spain in the Age of Austerity
ISBN-10
3030534057
ISBN-13
9783030534059
Category
Political Science
Pages
294
Language
English
Published
2020-08-20
Publisher
Springer Nature
Author
Martin Portos

Description

This book sheds light on the role that grievances play for mobilisation dynamics in a context of material deprivation. Why do people protest? To what extent do grievances account for the varying size of protest events over time? Covering different levels of analysis, the author argues that effects of socioeconomic aspects (both objective-material deprivation and subjective-attitudinal grievances) are mediated by political attitudes, especially political dissatisfaction. He develops a framework to account for the dynamics, trajectory and timing of the cycle of contention that unfolded in Spain in the shadow of the Great Recession, contributing not only to the field of social movement studies but to our broader understanding of European politics, political sociology, political economy and economic sociology.

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