Left cultural populism and podemos: is it possible to newly orient cultural policy in Spain?

Three main factors spurred a re-think of Spain's cultural policy: (1) cuts in public spending on culture: (2) the 2008 global financial crisis and its impact on cultural funding; (3) the institutional crisis and the popular unrest that found expression in the 15-M. These factors created an oppo...

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Published inCultural trends Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 133 - 151
Main Authors Rubio-Arostegui, Juan-Arturo, Rius-Ulldemolins, Joaquim
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Routledge 15.03.2022
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
21st-Century Spain
Cultural policy
cultural populism
Dictatorship
Dissemination
Economic crisis
Government spending
International finance
Left wing politics
Market forces
Podemos
Political parties
Populism
pro-commons culture
Public finance
Spain
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Summary:Three main factors spurred a re-think of Spain's cultural policy: (1) cuts in public spending on culture: (2) the 2008 global financial crisis and its impact on cultural funding; (3) the institutional crisis and the popular unrest that found expression in the 15-M. These factors created an opportunity for rethinking cultural policy. This paper examines two contemporary proposals for newly orienting cultural policy. One is based on the idea of cultural "commons" free of the State and market forces. The other has been drawn up by the Podemos political party, and seeks to break the cultural mould cast by successive post-dictatorship social-democratic and conservative governments and is based upon cultural dissemination. This paper thus: (1) analyses the discourse on cultural policy in Spain by left-wing populism; (2) assesses to what extent this political current came up with an alternative to earlier policy paradigms; (3) discusses the soundness of commons-based proposals.
ISSN:0954-8963
1469-3690
DOI:10.1080/09548963.2021.2021778