Nationalism and populism on the left: The case of Podemos

Custodi, Jacopo

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“…A decolonial perspective on subaltern nationalism departs from universalistic conceptions of nationalism as a conservative, right‐wing ideology embraced by hegemonic groups (see also Custodi, 2020). When members of subordinated groups adopt nationalist (and separatist) belief systems—especially in the context of decolonial (or anti‐colonial) struggles—these belief systems might function in an inverted manner.…”

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Internalization of inferiority and colonial system justification: The case of Puerto Rico

Pichardo

Jost

Benet‐Martínez

2021

Journal of Social Issues

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Since the U.S. military invasion of Puerto Rico in 1898, the Caribbean island has been an “unincorporated territory” of the United States. Today, the island faces the worst economic, political, and humanitarian crisis in its modern history. Despite major disadvantages associated with the present situation, many Puerto Ricans continue to support U.S. hegemonic rule by either maintaining the territorial status quo or calling for a full annexation of Puerto Rico as a U.S. state. To better understand these attitudes, we synthesized insights from decolonial theory and system justification perspectives and administered surveys to 344 adults in San Juan, P.R. from 2017 to 2019. Results revealed that, as hypothesized, internalization of inferiority (outgroup favoritism) and epistemic motivation (need for cognitive closure) were associated with Puerto Ricans’ justification of the colonial system. Furthermore, colonial system justification was a significant mediator of the effects of internalization of inferiority and epistemic motivation on support for the territorial status quo and U.S. statehood—as well as rejection of national independence. Implications of these findings and the relevance of the overarching theoretical framework for the study of cultural and political psychology in other colonial and “post‐colonial” contexts are discussed.

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Internalization of inferiority and colonial system justification: The case of Puerto Rico

Pichardo

Jost

Benet‐Martínez

2021

Journal of Social Issues

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“…In contrast, the main subject of left populism is the demos, the people who are included in a political community based on a notion of citizenship (De Cleen and Stavrakakis 2017). It is by no means denied that the articulation of the People can often be done within the limits of the Nation, but left populism also opens a space for a People which is not based on blood lines (Stavrakakis, Andreadis and Katsambekis 2017;Custodi 2020) and a left return to the nation state is rather a critique of capitalism and neoliberalism (Charalambous 2013). There is a clear aim to theoretically oppose the right-wing monopoly of the term sovereignty and to reclaim popular sovereignty for the left.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…We are therefore trying to restore our economic and political sovereignty, a necessary action to restore the country and the interests of the majority. (Errejón in Marco 2015) Similarly, Custodi argues that Podemos invokes a particular notion of the Fatherland which is based on welfare policies, popular mobilisation and pluralism (Custodi 2020). Whilst there are certainly differences between the rhetoric of the populist left and populist right, any articulation of a specific People tied to a specific territory reinforces an idea that attributes citizenship to a community of birth.…”

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Mad Marx? Rethinking Emotions, Euroscepticism and Nationalism in the Populist Left

Eklundh¹

2021

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Much attention has been devoted to how right-wing populists in Europe challenge the consensus on the benefits of European integration, but left-wing resistance to the EU is less discussed. Existing analyses tend to distinguish between three constructions of political community: a postnational EU, the populist right invoking national sovereignty, and the populist left invoking popular sovereignty. However, empirical analyses struggle to find consensus on how left populists relate to the EU, and if they invoke claims to national or popular sovereignty. This article argues that this empirical impasse stems from that populism and Euroscepticism are performative categories and not simply analytical tools, and serve to produce exclusion. There are two dichotomies in this exclusionary frame: emotional populists/rational EU, and the postnational EU/nationalist populists. Through an analysis of Podemos in Spain and the UK Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn, I show how the lines between the postnational EU, the national sovereign, and the popular sovereign are frailer than previously thought. The article concludes that these categories are less analytically astute than they are politically motivated, and analyses of the populist left in Europe must consider the performative dimension of its key terms.

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“…Em pesquisa realizada por Carolina Bescansa, uma das fundadoras do partido Podemos, foi percebido que a questão nacional era fundamental para alcançar a população e, no entanto, o campo progressista pouco a tratava. Assim, o partido, em seus discursos iniciais, já trazia a preocupação de ressignificar a identidade nacional espanhola, procurando tratar tais questões por um ponto de vista de esquerda (Custodi, 2020).…”

Section: A Proposta De Estado Plurinacional Do Podemosunclassified

Da Bolívia do MAS à Espanha do Podemos: a questão do Estado Plurinacional | From Bolivia of MAS to Spain of Podemos: the question os the plurinational State

Rodrigues

Ferreira

Silva

2021

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O presente artigo analisa a referência da experiência do Estado plurinacional boliviano no programa político do partido espanhol Podemos. O artigo está estruturado em três seções. A primeira apresenta a ideia de Estado plurinacional não apenas na teoria social e política, mas também em suas experiências políticas originárias. A segunda seção tem como ênfase o desenvolvimento do Estado Plurinacional na Bolívia no início do século XXI. Em seguida, avalia-se como a experiência boliviana informou decisivamente a ideia do projeto de Estado plurinacional defendido pelo Podemos na Espanha nos últimos anos. Conclui-se que, ao contrário do que tem ocorrido tradicionalmente, como demonstram os estudos pós-coloniais, a maré das relações políticas e teóricas que costumeiramente partem da Europa e chegam na América Latina foi invertida. Para o espanto dos eurocêntricos, na questão do Estado plurinacional foi a Bolívia quem serviu de referência para a Espanha no século XXI.Palavras-chave: Plurinacionalidade; Estado; Questão Nacional.ABSTRACTThis article analyzes how the experience of the Bolivian plurinational state was a reference for the political program of the Spanish party Podemos. The paper is structured in three sections. The first part presents the idea of a plurinational state not only in social and political theory, but also in its original political experiences. The second section focuses on the development of the Plurinational State in Bolivia at the beginning of the 21st century. The next section assesses how the Bolivian experience has oriented decisevely the idea of the plurinational State project defended by Podemos in Spain in recent years. In the conclusion, we argue that, contrary to what has traditionally happened, as the post-colonial studies show, the tide of political and theoretical influences that usually leave Europe and arrive in Latin America has been turned. Against an eurocentric viewpoint, on the question of the plurinational state, Bolivia was a role model for Spain in the 21st century.Keywords: Plurinationality; State; National Question. Recebido em: 14 mar. 2021 | Aceito em: 06 nov. 2021.

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Nationalism and populism on the left: The case of Podemos

Cited by 45 publications

References 51 publications

Internalization of inferiority and colonial system justification: The case of Puerto Rico

Internalization of inferiority and colonial system justification: The case of Puerto Rico

Mad Marx? Rethinking Emotions, Euroscepticism and Nationalism in the Populist Left

Da Bolívia do MAS à Espanha do Podemos: a questão do Estado Plurinacional | From Bolivia of MAS to Spain of Podemos: the question os the plurinational State

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