Pablo Ouziel is an associate fellow at the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria and a visiting fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Southampton.James Tully is emeritus distinguished professor of Political Science, Law, Indigenous Governance, and Philosophy at the University of Victoria.

"Ouziel argues that 15M served as a tipping point in democratic Spain because it manifested civic freedom, a culture of caring, and even a way of life. He believes it persists because its self-created participatory cooperation is interspersed with a civil citizenship. This distinction between civil and civic citizenship nicely contributes conceptually to understanding social movements. Mainstream political scientists and theorists will question the author’s hopeful argument about 15M’s long-term impact." - T.D. Lancaster, Emory University (CHOICE)

• AcknowledgmentsForeword: James Tully Visiting 15M locales across SpainSix distinct types of joining hands relationshipsIntroductionStudying democracies: Learning via examples and exemplarity 1. Exercising power together as equals2. Roots and routes of Spain’s counter-modernity3. Constructing alternative futures on shoestring budgets4. Engaging state-based representative governmentConclusion5. Democracy here and nowBibliographyIndex

Pablo Ouziel is an associate fellow at the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria and a visiting fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Southampton.James Tully is emeritus distinguished professor of Political Science, Law, Indigenous Governance, and Philosophy at the University of Victoria.

"Ouziel argues that 15M served as a tipping point in democratic Spain because it manifested civic freedom, a culture of caring, and even a way of life. He believes it persists because its self-created participatory cooperation is interspersed with a civil citizenship. This distinction between civil and civic citizenship nicely contributes conceptually to understanding social movements. Mainstream political scientists and theorists will question the author’s hopeful argument about 15M’s long-term impact." - T.D. Lancaster, Emory University (CHOICE)

• AcknowledgmentsForeword: James Tully Visiting 15M locales across SpainSix distinct types of joining hands relationshipsIntroductionStudying democracies: Learning via examples and exemplarity 1. Exercising power together as equals2. Roots and routes of Spain’s counter-modernity3. Constructing alternative futures on shoestring budgets4. Engaging state-based representative governmentConclusion5. Democracy here and nowBibliographyIndex