“Part of the Elite”?: Anti-Austerity Populism and Trade Unionism in Italy and Spain
A broad literature has analyzed the effects of Mediterranean welfare regimes on the political-electoral sphere and on the policy making process. Part of the literature on the insider-outsider divide has identified in the insiders the real core-constituency of the social democratic parties. The union...
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A broad literature has analyzed the effects of Mediterranean welfare regimes on the political-electoral sphere and on the policy making process. Part of the literature on the insider-outsider divide has identified in the insiders the real core-constituency of the social democratic parties. The union movement, politically linked to the main left-of-center parties, would similarly show poor ability of representing the interests of the outsiders. Since the beginning of the Great Recession, new parties advancing a populist discourse have been able to attract vast segments of the leftist electorate. This article focuses on Podemos and the Five Star Movement and explores, mainly through in-depth interviews with political and union leaders, to which extent the critiques advanced by these parties towards the union organizations are motivated by the normative implications of the insider-outsider literature. The analysis shows that the critiques are more related with the ancillary role played by the unions towards their political referents than with their supposed “over-protection” of the insiders. However, it emerges that the stances assumed by the two parties towards unionism diverge, due to different ideological and “meta-political” roots: while Podemos can potentially develop a relationship of cooperation with trade unionism, the Five Star Movement positions itself as a competitor.
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dialnet-ar-18-ART00014191652023-06-02“Part of the Elite”?: Anti-Austerity Populism and Trade Unionism in Italy and SpainPadoan, EnricoPopulismwelfare regimeunion politicsPopulismoEstado de bienestarpolítica sindicalA broad literature has analyzed the effects of Mediterranean welfare regimes on the political-electoral sphere and on the policy making process. Part of the literature on the insider-outsider divide has identified in the insiders the real core-constituency of the social democratic parties. The union movement, politically linked to the main left-of-center parties, would similarly show poor ability of representing the interests of the outsiders. Since the beginning of the Great Recession, new parties advancing a populist discourse have been able to attract vast segments of the leftist electorate. This article focuses on Podemos and the Five Star Movement and explores, mainly through in-depth interviews with political and union leaders, to which extent the critiques advanced by these parties towards the union organizations are motivated by the normative implications of the insider-outsider literature. The analysis shows that the critiques are more related with the ancillary role played by the unions towards their political referents than with their supposed “over-protection” of the insiders. However, it emerges that the stances assumed by the two parties towards unionism diverge, due to different ideological and “meta-political” roots: while Podemos can potentially develop a relationship of cooperation with trade unionism, the Five Star Movement positions itself as a competitor.Una amplia literatura ha analizado los efectos de los regímenes de bienestar mediterráneos sobre la esfera político-electoral y el proceso de policy-making. Una parte de la literatura, enfocándose en la división entre insiders y outsiders del mercado laboral, ha identificado en los insiders la core-constituency de los partidos socialdemócratas. Tampoco el movimiento sindical, políticamente ligado a los principales partidos de centro izquierda, parece haber sabido representar satisfactoriamente los intereses de los outsiders. Desde el comienzo de la gran recesión, en Europa del Sur nuevos partidos populistas han sabido capturar amplios sectores del electorado de izquierda. Este artículo se enfoca en Podemos y el Movimiento Cinco Estrellas italiano, y analiza, principalmente a través de entrevistas en profundidad con representantes partidarios y sindicales, en qué medida las críticas avanzadas por estos partidos hacia el movimiento sindical mainstream se refieren, directa o indirectamente, a las consecuencias normativas de los argumentos esgrimidos por la literatura sobre dualización del Estado de bienestar. El análisis demuestra que dichas críticas apuntan más a los lazos entre sindicatos y partidos «viejos» que a una supuesta «sobreprotección» de los insiders. Sin embargo, las posturas de estos partidos hacia los sindicatos difieren, debido a sus diferentes raíces ideológicas y «metapolíticas». Por ende, hay bases para predecir una posible cooperación entre Podemos y los grandes sindicatos españoles, mientras que el Movimiento Cinco Estrellas se presenta abiertamente como un competidor de las organizaciones sindicales.2019text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7160508(Revista) ISSN 0048-7694Revista de estudios políticos, ISSN 0048-7694, Nº 186, 2019, pags. 137-170engLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI
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