Continuities and discontinuities in recent social mobilizations. From new social movements to the alter-global mobilizations and the 15M

• Autores: Benjamín Tejerina Montaña, Ignacia Perugorría
• Localización: From social to political. New forms of mobilization and democratization: Conference proceedings / Benjamín Tejerina Montaña (ed. lit.), Ignacia Perugorría (ed. lit.), 2013, ISBN 978-84-9860-595-2, págs. 93-111
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Our paper seeks to analyze the novel and long-term characteristics of the recent mobi- lizations in Spain. Our main objective is to identify the defining traits of collective ac- tions currently taking place as a consequence of the multi-dimensional crisis unleashed in 2010. We will focus on three main analytical axes -agents, identity and space-, try- ing to establish their historicity, that is, their presence or absence in both former social movements and current mobilizations.

    The spatial dimension refers to the local versus global and co-presential versus virtual characteristics of collective action. This analysis implies a focus on the mobilizations' demands, the repertoire of actions, and the display of emotions. Emotions are also inter- twined with the process of collective identity construction, and the conflictual relation- ship with agents and institutions identified as responsible for the crisis. Finally, we will give special attention to activists and social movement organizations, decision-making processes and adaptability and resilience of organizational forms.

    Our data will come from newspaper articles, the Internet, interviews to participants, and graphic material collected during ethnographic observations in camps (acampadas) and assemblies. Data was gathered following the principles of theoretical sampling. Our analysis of these data is in exploratory phase, and is constructed in order to develop a preliminary analytical understanding of the phenomenon