665 research outputs found
Il governo Berlusconi e la crisi del debito sovrano
No full textTraduzione di capitolo di libro, pubblicata nel volume 'Politica in Italia. I fatti dell'anno e le interpretazioni. Edizione 2012', a cura di Anna Bosco e Duncan McDonnell. Titolo originale: Italy's sovereign debt crisis and the fall of Silvio Berlusconi. Autore: Erik Jones
International populism: the radical right in the European Parliament
No full textThe 2014 European Parliament elections were hailed as a populist earthquake with parties like the French Front National, UKIP and the Danish People's Party topping the polls in their countries and commentators warning about the consequences of a large radical right populist bloc in the Parliament. But what happened after the elections? Based on policy positions, voting data, and interviews conducted over more than four years with senior figures from fourteen radical right populist parties and their main partners, this is the first major study to explain these parties' actions and alliances in the European Parliament. International Populism answers three key questions: Why have radical right populists, unlike other ideological party types, long been divided in the European Parliament? Why, although divisions persist, are many of them now more united than ever? And how does all of this inform our understanding of the European populist radical right today? Arguing that these parties have entered a new international and transnational phase, with some attempting to be respectable radicals while others have instead embraced their shared populism, McDonnell and Werner shed new light on the past, present and future of one of the most important political phenomena of twenty-first-century Europe
The Language of Right-Wing Populist Leaders: Not So Simple
No full textPolitical scientists have long asserted that populists use simpler language than their mainstream rivals to appeal to ordinary people and distance themselves from elites. However, there is little comparative evidence in support of that claim. In this study, we investigate the linguistic simplicity of four right-wing populists compared to their principal opponents in the United States, France, United Kingdom, and Italy. We do so by analysing a corpus of approximately one million words from leaders’ speeches, using a series of linguistics measures for evaluating simplicity. Contrary to expectations, we find that Donald Trump was only slightly simpler than Hillary Clinton, while Nigel Farage in the UK and Marine Le Pen in France were more complex than their main rivals, and Italy’s Matteo Salvini was simpler on some measures but not others. We conclude that the simple language claim is not borne out and that other aspects of the received wisdom about populism should be re-examined
Outsider Parties
No full textThis special issue discusses parties in Europe which by the nature of their ideology, rhetoric and positions on government participation, have placed themselves and/or been placed by others, ‘outside’ the sphere of potential governing parties, but have subsequently come in from the cold and entered government. Following an introduction by the editors, it features articles examining the governing experiences of such ‘outsider parties’, including pieces by Kurt Richard Luther on the Austrian Freedom Party; Daniele Albertazzi, Duncan McDonnell and James Newell on the Northern League and Rifondazione Comunista in Italy; Tim Bale and Richard Dunphy on radical left parties in coalition administrations; Anwen Elias and Filippo Tronconi on autonomist parties in government.Duncan McDonnell and James L. Newell
Outsider parties in government in Western Europe
Kurt Richard Luther
Of goals and own goals: A case study of right-wing populist party strategy for and during incumbency
Daniele Albertazzi, Duncan McDonnell, and James L. Newell
Di lotta e di governo: The Lega Nord and Rifondazione Comunista in office
Richard Dunphy and Tim Bale
The radical left in coalition government: Towards a comparative measurement of success and failure
Anwen Elias and Filippo Tronconi
From protest to power: Autonomist parties in government
Book reviews
Thomas J. Scotto
Livianna Tossutti
James L. Newell
R. Kenneth Carty
Nick Anstea
Reputation versus office: why populist radical right governmental participation has differed between Sweden and Denmark
No full textSweden and Denmark have presented contrasting relationships between centre-right and populist radical right (PRR) parties. In Sweden, the centre-right has refused cooperation with the Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna) (SD), even when this cost the centre-right office. However, in Denmark, coalitions led by centre-right parties have cooperated with the Danish People’s Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (DF) on multiple occasions. Through a controlled comparison, we examine what explains these different outcomes. Using Chapel Hill Expert Surveys and public opinion data, we firstly look at the policy congruence between parties and the social acceptability of cooperation. We then examine interview material with representatives from centre-right and PRR parties in Sweden and Denmark to see their explanations of cooperation and non-cooperation. We conclude that, while the office goals of Danish centre-right parties, along with the policy focus and uncontroversial past of DF, explain that case, the reputation and past of SD has precluded a similar outcom
Replication Data for: The Language of Right-wing Populist Leaders: Not So Simple
No full textPolitical scientists have long asserted that populists use simpler language than their mainstream rivals to appeal to ordinary people and distance themselves from elites. However, there is little comparative evidence in support of that claim. In this study, we investigate the linguistic simplicity of four right-wing populists compared to their principal opponents in the United States, France, United Kingdom and Italy. We do so by analysing a corpus of approximately 1 million words from leaders’ speeches, using a series of linguistics measures for evaluating simplicity. Contrary to expectations, we find that Donald Trump was only slightly simpler than Hillary Clinton, while Nigel Farage in the UK and Marine Le Pen in France were more complex than their main rivals, and Italy’s Matteo Salvini was simpler on some measures but not others. We conclude that the simple language claim is not borne out and that other aspects of the received wisdom about populism should be re-examined
Twenty-First Century Populism: The Spectre of Western European Democracy
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Respectable radicals: why some radical right parties in the European Parliament forsake policy congruence
No full textPolicy congruence has been identified as the main driver of European Parliament (EP) alliances. Yet, radical right parties are divided between three EP groups: European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR); Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD); Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF). This article investigates why four radical right parties in the ECR and EFDD – the Danish People’s Party, the Finns Party, the Sweden Democrats and UKIP – neither joined the apparently more ideologically homogenous ENF nor allied all with one another in 2014. Using Chapel Hill data, we find no policy logic explaining their alliance behaviour. Rather, our interviews with those in the parties indicate that they privileged national ‘respectability’ calculations when deciding alliance strategies. We therefore propose an alternative theory of EP group formation that sees some radical parties play a two-level game in which the perceived domestic ‘office’ and ‘votes’ benefits of European alliances outweigh those of ‘policy’.Griffith Business School, School of Government and International RelationsNo Full Tex
Differently Eurosceptic: radical right populist parties and their supporters
No full textSince the 2008 crisis, radical right populist (RRP) party positions on European integration have hardened and/or increased in salience. But do their supporters align with them on this? And what role does Euroscepticism play in driving support for these parties? Using data from the ‘euandi’ voting advice application, we examine how close over 8000 RRP supporters in the UK, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Sweden and Belgium were in 2014 to their parties on European integration and, for comparison, immigration. We find that, while they closely aligned on immigration, which remains a stronger predictor of support, they did not on European integration. We conclude, firstly, that increased salience of this issue does not necessarily lead to stronger linkages between parties and voters and that the consequences of positional congruence depend on salience congruence. Secondly, our findings suggest that RRP parties enjoy flexibility on European integration and can shift positions if necessary
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