What has become of Podemos? The elites of a radical left party and their evolving dynamics of recruitment

David Copello

doi:10.21308/recp.64.04

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David Copello Institut Catholique Paris AGORA (CY Cergy Paris Université) Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur les Amériques (CREDA, CNRS UMR 7227)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21308/recp.64.04

Palabras clave:

Podemos, partidos de izquierda radical, cuadros partidarios, institucionalización partidaria, política española, América Latina

Resumen

En los últimos años, un creciente número de publicaciones ha analizado los partidos de izquierda radical en Europa. Sin embargo, la vida interna de los partidos y la sociología de sus élites han seguido siendo un tema poco estudiado, dominado en su mayor parte por relatos no sistemáticos sobre los líderes más mediáticos. Este artículo propone una exploración empírica de la sociología de los cuadros del partido Podemos, basada en una prosopografía de los miembros electos del Consejo Ciudadano Estatal y del Consejo de Coordinación, sus principales instituciones internas, desde 2014. Esta investigación cuestiona la condición de «outsider» de Podemos en el panorama partidista cuantificando tres dimensiones fundamentales de la imagen pública de sus cuadros: sus vínculos con los movimientos sociales, la academia y América Latina. Al medir las características sociales y biográficas de las élites de Podemos a medida que se van institucionalizando, este artículo ofrece un nuevo enfoque científico para analizar la trayectoria de los partidos de izquierda radical, y proporciona un método para poner a prueba hipótesis comunes sobre las fuerzas políticas contemporáneas tras la Gran Recesión.

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