The Spanish 15-M Movement: a consensual dissent?

Víctor Sampedro ^[1] ; Josep Lobera ^[2]
1. [1] Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
  
  Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
  
  Madrid, España
2. [2] Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
  
  Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
  
  Madrid, España
Localización: Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, ISSN 1463-6204, ISSN-e 1469-9818, Vol. 15, Nº. 1-2, 2014 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Spain in Crisis:15-M and the Culture of Indignation), págs. 61-80
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- Since May 2011, the Spanish 15-M Movement (commonly referred as los indignados [the outraged]) has become a major player in the domestic political scenario. Public opinion data reveal that there is a cross-sectional support for the 15-M among the general population in Spain, affecting people of different ages, genders, employment situations and levels of urbanization. The data present a “movement of dissent” and confirm the crisis of the consensual culture of the Spanish political transition from Franco's regime to democracy. The 15-M challenges previous consensus and expresses the need to reform or to overcome the close-knitted institutional map designed by the elites driving the transition. The outraged movement advances and leads a new political culture based on widespread social dissent. Our data suggest an imbalance between the cultural and the political impact of the 15-M, and how this tension will be a central element of cultural and civic life in the next decades in Spain.