‘No regionalism please, we are Leghisti !’ The transformation of the Italian Lega Nord under the leadership of Matteo Salvini
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The Lega Nord has traditionally been defined as a regionalist populist party, since Matteo Salvini became its leader in 2013 it has undergone a process of profound ideological transformation as discussed by the authors.Abstract:
Whilst the Lega Nord has traditionally been defined as a regionalist populist party, since Matteo Salvini became its leader in 2013 it has undergone a process of profound ideological transformation...read more
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A History of Contemporary Italy: Society and Politics, 1943–1988
TL;DR: A History of Contemporary Italy: Society and Politics, 1943-1988 as mentioned in this paper, is a history of contemporary Italy: society and politics, 1943−1988, with a focus on Italy.
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How the Populists Won in Italy
TL;DR: The Five Star Movement (M5S) and Lega (formerly the Northern League) as mentioned in this paper won a combined majority of votes and parliamentary seats, and these unique parties have joined forces to form a government.
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Sovereignist Wine in populist Bottles? An introduction
Linda Basile,Oscar Mazzoleni +1 more
TL;DR: In dealing with processes such as globalization and supranational integration, which have progressively shifted powers and comp... as discussed by the authors, sovereignist claims are on the rise in Europe, the USA, and beyond.
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Europe from the far right : Europe in the ideology of the Front National and Movimento Sociale Italiano/Alleanza Nazionale (1978-2017)
TL;DR: In this article, the authors carried out an in-depth interpretive analysis of party documents produced between 1978 and 2017 by the Movimento Sociale Italiano/Alleanza Nazionale in Italy and the Front National in France.
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The Italian election of 2018 and the first populist government of Western Europe
TL;DR: The 2013 election had heralded an unprecedented tripolar era for Italian politics, with the two traditional forces of the Second Italian Republic (Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right and variously ass...
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Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
TL;DR: In this paper, Anderson examines the creation and global spread of the 'imagined communities' of nationality and explores the processes that created these communities: the territorialisation of religious faiths, the decline of antique kingship, the interaction between capitalism and print, the development of vernacular languages-of-state, and changing conceptions of time.
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The Populist Zeitgeist
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Populist radical right parties in Europe
TL;DR: Mudde as mentioned in this paper offers critical and original insights into three major aspects of European populist radical right parties: concepts and classifications; themes and issues; and explanations for electoral failures and successes.
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Personalized campaigns in party-centred politics
Gunn Enli,Eli Skogerbø +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used data from interviews and status updates from two Norwegian election campaigns and asked for what purposes Norwegian politicians use social media as a tool for political communication, and found that politicians' reported both marketing and dialogue with voters as motives for their social media use and their practices varied.
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