Antonio Álvarez-Benavides

Antonio Álvarez-Benavides, with a doctorate in sociology, is a researcher at the Centre for Sociological Analysis and Intervention (CADIS) at the EHESS in Paris and associated researcher on Contemporary Socio-Cultural Studies UCM in Madrid. His works focus on social theory, social movements and migration studies.

15M's social and political effects in Spain

General prospects for Spaniards are not promising, and, in many cases, worse than in 2011. So in what sense can it be said that after 15M, mentalities have changed?

By Antonio Álvarez-Benavides

/ 31 Oct 2018

Are we Spaniards better off five years afterwards?

On the eve of the elections, an audit of the political and social outcomes of the square occupation and the rise of the Podemos party in Spain.

By Antonio Álvarez-Benavides

/ 25 Jun 2016