The Dark Side of Podemos?: Carl Schmitt and Contemporary Progressive Populism

by Patrick Baert and Josh Booth

Book Overview

In 2014 a new progressive party, Podemos, emerged on the Spanish political scene. Within just over two years it had become the country's third-biggest party, winning a slew of seats in parliament and regularly making headline news. While some see Podemos as the saviour of Spanish democracy, others have accused it of corrosive populism. But what few have noticed is that behind its distinctive rhetoric lies a thinker closely associated with Germany's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367460130
• ISBN13: 9780367460136
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.9"