The Spanish Anti-Rights Field. Protest Cycle and Networks of Catholic-Inspired Neoconservative Organisations (1978-2023).

This article analyses the protest cycle (1978-present) of the Spanish field of Catholic-inspired secular organisations that espouse neoconservative ideology (CISO-Ns) against progressive morality politics. To do so, it relies on a comparative-historical and relational approach that focuses on the evolving interplay between 1) cultural and political opportunity structures; 2) the network structure and dynamics of the CISO-N field, and its "expanded anti-rights field" composed of religious and political organisations; and 3) their tactical-discursive triangulation. The research is based on a qualitative study involving in-depth interviews, participant observation and netnography. Data show that, far from being mere conveyor belts for the ecclesiastical message, or being at the service of conservative political parties, CISO-Ns lead a complex strategy based on the "re-politicisation of religion" following a logic of their own. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]