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Title: Stop Mare Mortum y el movimiento de solidaridad con las personas refugiadas en Barcelona
Other Titles: Stop Mare Mortum and the movement of solidarity with refugees in Barcelona
Author: Alcalde Villacampa, Javier
Portos García, Martín
Others: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Citation: Alcalde Villacampa, J., & Portos García, M. (2021). Stop Mare Mortum y el movimiento de solidaridad con las personas refugiadas en Barcelona. Empiria. Revista De metodología De Ciencias Sociales, (52), 151-174. https://doi.org/10.5944/empiria.52.2021.31368
Abstract: The 2015 long summer of migration has increased dramatically the level of citizen awareness and activism in Barcelona. In Spring 2016 a number of protest events in solidarity with refugees were taking place on a daily basis, promoted by a broad range of local groups, associations and networks. In the meantime, a change of government brought a social activist as the new mayor of the city, with the refugees' issue as a top political priority. Based on a number of in-depth interviews with key activists, this article presents, maps and studies the evolution of the local networks. Aiming at shedding light on meso-level mobilization dynamics, we zoom into Stop Mare Mortum. With a high level of politicization and focusing on refugees in transit, this initiative borne out of a small network of activists has gradually become an umbrella platform aiming to coordinate civil society initiatives within this field. Together with a unique combination emotions and frames for mobilization, SMM¿s ability to adapt its strategies, repertoires of action and organizational structures to a changing environment explains its mobilization capacity and the cross-cut nature of its constituency.
Keywords: refugees
social movements
Barcelona
Spain
Stop Mare Mortum
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/empiria.52.2021.31368
Document type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Issue Date: 1-Sep-2021
Publication license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/es/  
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