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Mirroring persistent rival discourses in Spain. What do large-scale mobilizations tell us about the country’s main political cleavage? Díez García, Rubén This article analyses the most prominent mobilizations led by civil society organizations, activist networks, and parties in Spain from 1996 to 2020. The article examines 235 large-scale mobilizations to explore how civil society actors have shaped and reflected persistent sociopolitical cleavages. Using protest event analysis and a CHAID-based classification model, it identifies terrorism and nationalism as key recurring issues. These mobilizations reveal long-term tensions rooted in Spain’s democratic transition, with victims’ associations, the 15M/Indignados movement, and Catalan secessionism illustrating the evolution of civic culture and civil institutions. Since the end of ETA terrorism in 2011, nationalist claims have sustained a polarised public sphere, exposing the enduring cleavage around Spain’s constitutional national identity. 2025-09-17T12:04:54Z 2025-09-17T12:04:54Z 2025-09-13 journal article Díez García, R. (2025). Mirroring persistent rival discourses in Spain. What do large-scale mobilizations tell us about the country’s main political cleavage? Journal of Civil Society, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/17448689.2025.2550367 1744-8689 1744-8697 10.1080/17448689.2025.2550367 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/124050 https://doi.org/10.1080/17448689.2025.2550367 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17448689.2025.2550367?src= eng info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2019-104078GB-I00/ES/EVOLUCION DE LA CONTIENDA POLITICA: UN ANALISIS LONGITUDINAL DE LOS MOVIMIENTOS SOCIALES Y LA PROTESTA EN ESPAÑA, 2000-2020/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ metadata only access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Taylor&Francis online