IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/fsesxx/v21y2016i4p561-585.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Fast and Furious: Podemos’ Quest for Power in Multi-level Spain

Author

Listed:
  • Juan Rodríguez-Teruel
  • Astrid Barrio
  • Oscar Barberà

Abstract

After a stunning breakthrough in the 2014 European election, Podemos became the third largest parliamentary party in Spain in the 2016 general election and achieved representation in all regions. This article examines how Podemos has adapted to the opportunities and dilemmas posed by Spain’s multi-level setting in several ways: its formation in early 2014 and its evolution since; its ideological principles and policy menu; its organisation; and its political strategies and electoral alliances. The hypotheses test the effects of adaptation to multi-level competition on the party electorate. The findings indicate the positive effect of support for more decentralisation on the likelihood of voting for Podemos, but also how this effect is territorially differentiated and could affect the party’s cohesion and internal debate.

Suggested Citation

  • Juan Rodríguez-Teruel & Astrid Barrio & Oscar Barberà, 2016. "Fast and Furious: Podemos’ Quest for Power in Multi-level Spain," South European Society and Politics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(4), pages 561-585, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fsesxx:v:21:y:2016:i:4:p:561-585
    DOI: 10.1080/13608746.2016.1250397
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/13608746.2016.1250397
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/13608746.2016.1250397?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:fsesxx:v:21:y:2016:i:4:p:561-585. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/fses .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.