Voicing Outrage Unevenly

Democratic Dissatisfaction, Nonparticipation, and Participation Frequency in the 15-M Campaign

Bibliographic Data

ID6442732
AuthorsMartín Portos (0000-0003-1714-6383, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona), Juan Masullo (0000-0002-8537-2991, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona)
Year2017
Volume22
Issue2
Pages201-222
Publication date2017-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMobilization An International Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1086-671X • E-ISSN: 1938-1514
PublisherMobilization Journal (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.17813/1086-671x-22-2-201
OpenAlexW2726993033
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited33

This article explores frequencies of participation and nonparticipation in the 15-M protest campaign in Spain. Given the nature of this campaign, we focus on democratic dissatisfaction. Our findings suggest that, relative to nonparticipants, democratic dissatisfaction is significantly associated with multiple-time participation, but not with one-time participation. In other words, those who participated only once are not substantially more dissatisfied than those who did not participate. This is remarkable because the “indignados” label and the slogan “Real Democracy Now!” suggest that democratic discontent is a central factor uniting 15-M challengers. Relying on a general survey with questions on different frequencies of participation in the 15-M campaign and on qualitative evidence from two separate rounds of interviewing, we show that not all those who participated, when compared to nonparticipants, were in fact that outraged

Democracy · Demographic economics · Economics · Outrage · Political science · Politics · Slogan · Voice · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Social Media and Politics

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