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La partecipazione in caduta libera e i diversi volti dell'astensione
No full textIl capitolo esplora le motivazioni dell'eccezionale livello di astensionismo nelle elezioni italiane del 2022, attraverso un'analisi del questionario pre-post elettorale di Itanes. Le ragioni del marcato declino di partecipazione sono da ricondurre sia a fattori socio-economici che a fattori politici. Nel 2022 si è uleriormente allargato il divario socio-economico fra votanti e astensionisti (con questi ultimi collocati nei settori più marginali della scoietà); d'altra parte l'astensionismo è aumentato in misura significativa anche in settori di elettorato che in precedenza si era rivolto ai partiti "di protesta" (in primis in Movimento Cinque Stelle)
Italy. When Old Meets New
No full textThe evolution of the Italian political system in the first and second republic; the influence of state and nation formation on current politics; Italian foreign policy; failed institutional reforms; ongoing challenges
Beyond left and right : The eclectic populism of the Five Star Movement
No full textBorn in 2009, the Five Star Movement (FSM) has been one of the most electorally successful European populist parties since 2013. While its classification as a populist party is unanimously accepted, some have considered it close to leftlibertarian positions, others as an anti-immigrant far right party, and still others have simply deemed it as unclassifiable. This article sets out to shed light on this question, using the official documents issued by the party since 2009, posts retrieved from Grillo’s blog during three electoral campaigns, and the opinions of the party’s supporters as expressed in three surveys in 2013, 2014 and 2016. Although displaying a clear anti-establishment identity, in economic terms it presents left-of-centre positions inconsistently mixed with more conservative proposals, while on the issues of citizenship and immigration, it has an elusive positioning, mixing national securitisation and international humanitarianism. The conclusions highlight the eclectic nature of FSM’s populism
Autonomist Parties from Protest to Power: A Comparative Overview
No full textIn this concluding chapter, we return to the analytical framework outlined in the Introduction to the volume, and provide a comparative overview of autonomist parties as they have moved from protest to power. In so doing, we draw on the extensive empirical data presented in the preceding case studies to identify general trends in the lifespans of autonomist parties, the implications of crossing different thresholds for party organisations and the pursuit of different goals, and the policy impact of autonomist parties (that is, their success in pushing for the territorial re-organisation of political authority). The aim of this analysis is two-fold: to compare cases within the autonomist party family and assess similarities and differences between them, and compare the autonomist party family with other party families in order to assess the particuliarity of the former
Il ceto parlamentare ai tempi del populismo
No full textIl capitolo si propone di inquadrare i principali elementi di novità che le elezioni 2018 hanno portato nel quadro del personale politico-parlamentare, per poi produrre alcuni spunti di riflessione interpretativa, in particolare sulle conseguenze che il successo elettorale di forse politiche "populiste" ha prodotto sulla rappresentanza parlamentare
Introduction: Autonomist Parties and the Challenges of Political Representation
No full textThe emergence of several “new” parties in Western Europe has generated a new scholarly interest in the nature and impact of the political representation of what have also been referred to as “small” and “minor” parties. This growing interest in the experiences of new political parties within political institutions and public office has, however, largely overlooked autonomist parties in Western Europe. This is in spite of the fact that, in many places, autonomist parties have become major electoral and political players. Given the significance of autonomist parties within political systems
across Western Europe, an analysis of the ways in which political representation has impacted upon the autonomist party family is long overdue. This volume undertakes such an analysis. Firstly, it maps the ways in which autonomist parties have evolved within their respective political and institutional arenas. In particular, the empirical contributions examine the degree to which autonomist parties have succeeded in passing different thresholds associated with different stages of political party development, from declaring their intention to participate in elections, to getting representatives
elected to democratic institutions, to being parties of government.
Secondly, the volume examines the ways in which passing different
thresholds have impacted upon autonomist parties, both in terms of their internal organisation, and the goals that they pursue within different political arenas. Thirdly, the volume addresses the question of the degree to which autonomist parties “matter” within their respective political systems, in the sense that they have successfully pushed for the territorial reorganisation of the state in a way that increases the autonomy of the minority nation. This is an important question, since such successes can have major implications for the constitutional integrity of states. In order to meet these aims, this introductory chapter proposes a framework for analysing the lifespans of autonomist parties, and the ways in which autonomist parties change as they evolve from being parties of protest, to being parties in power in many cases. The next section outlines a model for distinguishing between different stages in an autonomist party’s development, and formulates hypotheses about the factors that impact upon a party’s ability to move from one stage to the next. The chapter then turns to an examination of how autonomist parties are expected to change their organisations and goals as a consequence of crossing different thresholds. It concludes by specifying criteria for measuring the success of autonomist parties in meeting their core goal of territorial reform
Chi vince e chi perde. L'analisi del voto
No full textIl contributo offre un quadro sintetico delle elezioni regionali del 2010 relativamente alla partecipazione elettorale e ai due ambiti in cui si articola la competizione: da un lato la competizione maggioritaria/presidenziale fra candidati e coalizioni, dall’altro la competizione proporzionale/consiliare fra i partiti. L'analisi permette di fare chiarezza sulle cause dell'alto astensionismo e di individuare le strategie competitive di partiti, coalizioni e candidati mostrando i vincitori e i perdenti della tornata elettorale al di là del risultato aggregato in termini di regioni vinte da uno schieramento e dall'altro
The Lega Nord
No full textFrom a comparative perspective, the Lega Nord (LN) can be situated at the intersection of two distinct historical processes. The first is the so-called “ethnic revival” (Smith 1981), which in the 1960s and the 1970s gave new voice to a number of actors representing the peripheries of states and allowed many autonomist parties to gain political representation. The second is the “silent counter-revolution” (Ignazi 1992), leading to the rise of new political parties (variously labelled as new right, new radical right or neo-populist) that articulated anti-establishment discourses and raised issues that were previously absent from political debate. These included opposition to immigration and, more recently, strong Euroscepticism.
Keeping in mind the LN’s dual profile, the following section presents a summary of the LN’s evolution through the achievement of several
thresholds, as introduced in the Introduction to this volume. The chapter then turns to examine how passing different thresholds has impacted upon the LN’s organisation and its pursuit of goals
Le elezioni regionali nel processo federale italiano
No full textIl saggio indaga il rapporto fra le elezioni regionali e il federalismo in Italia e si sviluppa su due piani. Il primo riguarda le innovazioni che hanno rafforzato l'autonomia istituzionale delle regioni e riflette su quale uso hanno fatto le regioni delle opportunità offerte dalle riforme costituzionali approvate dieci anni fa con particolare riferimento ai nuovi statuti regionali, al federalismo elettorale e alla forma di governo neoparlamentare. Il secondo piano concerne le principali novità che, dati elettorali alla mano, è possibile cogliere nell'autonomia politica delle regioni. Il riferimento va al fenomeno della differenziazione dell'offerta politica e su base regionale, fenomeno che esprime un rapporto più stretto fra la competizione elettorale e il territorio e, contestualmente, una minore dipendenza della politica regionale dalla politica nazionale
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