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Tag Archives: Spain
Transforming Barcelona’s Urban Model? Limits and potentials for radical change under a radical left government
Ismael Blanco, Yunailis Salazar and Iolanda Bianchi report on findings from a second round of research in Barcelona carried out as part of the collaborative governance under austerity project, sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council as part of its Urban Transformations Network. The multidimensional … Continue reading
Posted in Austerity Governance
Tagged austerity, citizen participation, collaboration, contesting austerity, Spain
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Spanish Elections 26J: The Challenges for Unidos Podemos
In this blog post Juan Carlos Monedero, co-founder of Podemos and Professor of Political Science at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, reflects on the results of the Spanish elections on the 26th June, and their significance for the development of … Continue reading
Posted in Crises Resistance and Alternatives
Tagged contesting austerity, electoral politics, podemos, Spain, unidos podemos
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The Spanish Elections 26J: an incomplete transformation
In this post, Ricard Gomà reflects on the implications of the Spanish general election held on June 26, 2016. Ricard is professor of political science at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and has also had a distinguished career in Spanish and Catalan politics. He … Continue reading
Posted in Crises Resistance and Alternatives
Tagged podemos, social movements, Spain
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Workshop: Resistance and Alternatives to Austerity
Adam Fishwick and Heather Connolly report back on a workshop they convened for CURA on Resistance and Alternatives to Austerity. On 18th May CURA hosted our one day workshop on ‘Resistance and Alternatives to Austerity’ engaging with a range of … Continue reading
Posted in Events
Tagged class struggle, contesting austerity, industrial relations, latin america, marxism, neoliberalism, organised labour, setting research agendas, Spain
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Regional Savings Banks and the Financial Crisis in Spain
The sovereign debt crisis that put the Spanish socialist (PSOE) government under pressure to begin an austerity programme in May 2010 started two years earlier in a crisis of the financial system. Whilst central government initially dismissed it as a … Continue reading
Posted in Crises Resistance and Alternatives
Tagged austerity, finance, financialisation, political economy, Spain
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