Josep Maria Antentas (2022) The 15M, Podemos and the Long Crisis in Spain (Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research)

Antentas, Josep Maria. 2022. “The 15M, Podemos and the Long Crisis in Spain: Gramscian Perspectives.” Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research 28(3): 365-80.

ABSTRACT

This article aims to analyze the 15M movement and its outcomes through Gramscian lenses. The 15M expressed a crisis of ruling class hegemony based on a crisis of political representation. It was a moment of collective splintering and political subjectivation. Viewed from Gramsci’s distinction between small and big politics, the 15M marked the beginning of a phase in which big politics ceased to be the exclusive prerogative of the dominant classes and shifted towards subaltern groups. The sequence from 15M to Podemos can be analyzed as a cathartic moment in the Gramscian sense of the term and can also be read with the help of his concept of translation. Discussing Machiavelli’s work, Gramsci defined the party as a modern Prince. However, the conception of the party that prevailed in Podemos is narrower than that of Gramsci. His concept of transformism is useful to analyze Podemos’ strategic evolution.

Pablo Pérez Ahumada (2023) Class, union membership and organizational commitment (Economic and Industrial Democracy)

Pérez Ahumada, Pablo. 2023. “Class, Union Membership, and Organizational Commitment: A Multilevel Analysis of 28 Countries.” Economic and Industrial Democracy, online first 19 Jan, pp. 1-27.

Abstract

This article studies how organizational commitment is shaped by individual and macro-level factors. Drawing upon data from the 2015 International Social Survey Program (ISSP) and using multilevel modeling, the article shows that workers have less organizational commitment than employers. The article also presents evidence indicating that strong trade unions are positively correlated with organizational commitment. Finally, contrary to the hypothesis derived from previous studies, cross-level interactions suggest that in countries with strong corporatist industrial relations (IR) institutions, union members have lower levels of organizational commitment than non-union members. The article discusses how the findings contribute to the literature on class, neo-corporatism, and power resources. In addition, it reflects on how the findings contribute to the recent debate on the ‘neoliberal convergence’ of IR systems.