The Podemos’ hypothesis: the emergence of a new political alternative in Spain post crisis

• Autor(a) principal: Amadeo, Javier
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Política & Sociedade (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/politica/article/view/70773

The emergence of the political organization Podemos has a huge impact on Spain and Europe; in little more than four years of existence Podemos have become one of the main political forces of the country. Along with the discussion on the reasons for this surprising escalation, began a debate to understand the political identity of Podemos. Diverse authors have characterized this organization as a new version of social democracy, as a radical new left or as a version of populism. The purpose of this article is to discuss the issue of Podemos’ political identity, recovering this debate and examining the conceptual elements present in its documents and in the analysis of its leaders. As part of this objective we seek to discuss the political identity of Podemos within the framework of the debate about the populist phenomenon.