This edited volume explores the context in which the Spanish party Podemos operates as both an agent and product of political cycles. It provides an account of the party¿s genealogy, ideological environment and relation to other political initiatives in Latin America and Western Europe. The contributors address the multiples dynamics generated by Podemos as a new party developed out of the economic crisis, the structural crisis concerning social democracy and the incarnation of the welfare state project, and, more generally, out of the Left. It will appeal to upper-level students and scholars interested in Spanish politics, history, culture and sociology.

Provides one of the first scholarly publications on Podemos

1. Chapter 1/Introduction /Wind of change: Podemos, its dreams and  Politics; Óscar Garcia Agustin & Marco Briziarelli.- Part I Genealogy.- 2. Chapter 2/ Podemos and the Overturn of Spanish Politics; Cesar Rendueles & Jorge Sola.- 3. Chapter 3/Podemos: From antagonism to Agonism? Populism, Polítical frontier and Democracy; Javier Franzé.- 4. Chapter 4/Podemos Performative Power: Transforming Political Culture through Space Struggles; Susana Martinez Guillem.- Part II: Concepts.- 5. Chapter 5/Podemos' twofold assault on Hegemony: The Possibilities of The Post-Modern Prince and the Perils of Passive Revolution; Marco Briziarelli.- 6. Chapter 6/Populism, hegemony and the phantasmatic sovereign: The ties between   nationalism and left-wing populism; Emmy Eklund; 7.- Chapter 7/We the people or We the Republic? The Institutional Dilemma; Óscar García Agustín.- Part III:  Comparative Perspectives.- 8. Chapter 8/Lessons from Latin America: the path to progressive party; Salvador Schavelzon & Jeffrey Webber.- 9. Chapter 9/Radical left populism from the margins to the mainstream: a comparison of Syriza and Podemos; Alexandros Kioupkiolis & Giorgos Katsambekis.- 10. Chapter 10/European Populism(s) as a Counter-Hegemonic Discourse? The Rise of Podemos and M5S in the wake of the Crisis; Arthur Borriello & Samuele Mazzolini.- 11. Chapter 11/Family Differences Among European Populist Parties: An Analysis of Discursive Structure  and Ideological Strategies in Podemos and the National Front; Michael De La Caridad Ledezma.-12.   Chapter 12/ Conclusion/ Left-Wing Populism and the Assault on the Establishment;  Óscar García Agustín & Marco Briziarelli.