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Ideological Flexibility of Political Parties in the Era of Transnational Cleavage : A Comparative Study of Lega and Rassemblement National
No full textThis book provides a comprehensive analysis of how the parties of Lega and Rassemblement National have adjusted their ideologies over a four-decade period to adapt to the new transnational cleavage in Western Europe – the conflict between pro-EU and anti-EU sentiments.
It sheds light on their ability to change ideological positions, policy stances, and adopt strategic shifts in response to the evolving political landscape. Drawing from a rich array of sources, the book challenges the perception of established radical right parties as inflexible, revealing their significant ideological adaptability. As such, it offers a richer understanding of the dynamics within the radical right party family.
This book is of key interest to scholars and students of Euroscepticism, the Radical Right, party politics, and more broadly to European and comparative politics
Un teatro attraversato dal mondo. Il Théâtre du Soleil oggi
No full textMarcella Scopelliti invita a leggere Silvia Bottiroli, Roberta Gandolfi, Un teatro attraversato dal mondo. Il Théâtre du Soleil oggi, Titivillus, Corazzano (Pisa) 2012, pp. 320
A Comparative Analysis of Populisms in Europe: exploring populist parties’ ideological flexibility and ambiguity
No full textDespite the recent academic literature widely focused on populism research, the development of populist parties’ ideologies remains one of the least explored factors. As such, this chapter provides two different approaches in examining populist parties’ ideologies in Western Europe. More specifically, it namely investigates: (a) the causes behind their ideological flexibility in the long-term and (b) the electoral consequences of their ideological ambiguity (or issue blurring) in the short-term. The first topic will be explored comparing the ideological flexibility of The League and the National Rally with regards to the new transnational cleavage. While the second topic will be analyzed comparing the impact of the ideological ambiguity of Italian populist parties (M5S Party, The League and Brothers of Italy) to their electoral performance at the national and subnational levels. Through the deploy of multiple quantitative methods, including secondary data analysis (from the CMP and CHES databases) and manual content analysis, the central finding of the first case study is that both The League and the National Rally have been ideologically flexible – whilst in different ways – with regards to the new transnational cleavage regardless of their party reputation on the European (EU) issue. For the second case study, the core finding is that the M5S Party has suffered a severe electoral decline since the 2018 domestic election. The main factor behind this electoral performance is due to its ideological ambiguity. By contrast, The League and Brothers of Italy Parties have adopted clear positional stances. The results from both case studies are important as they demonstrate the development of populist parties’ ideology, alongside underlying as the research has much to debate about both the nature and impact of populist parties’ ideologies
Un teatro attraversato dal mondo. Il Théâtre du Soleil oggi
No full textMarcella Scopelliti invita a leggere Silvia Bottiroli, Roberta Gandolfi, Un teatro attraversato dal mondo. Il Théâtre du Soleil oggi, Titivillus, Corazzano (Pisa) 2012, pp. 320, 18 €
Media coverage and public attention to “fake news”: The moderating role of economic conditions and market-oriented media systems
No full textFake news represents a threat to our society since people can face unverified and sensational information. News media can play a crucial role in disclosing and correcting misinformation. This paper argues that higher media coverage can anticipate an increase in public attention to the issue of fake news. Such relationship can be moderated by the country’s economic conditions and by the type of media system. We provide an original dataset and perform regression models for panel data on 12 countries, spanning from January 2016 to December 2022. The results indicate that the public will pay higher attention to the issue of fake news when media coverage on these topics increases; during economic turmoil the positive association between media coverage and public attention is higher; furthermore, the role of media coverage is stronger in countries with public-backed media as state sponsorship of the media strengthens their agenda-setting power
A Theoretical Framework to Explore Multiple Processes of Far-Right Mainstreaming: Focusing on France and Italy
No full textThe chapter aims to highlight multiple approaches for understanding the mainstreaming of far-right parties, using the French and the Italian cases to demonstrate that such a complex phenomenon cannot be attributed to a single factor (or approach). Instead, it argues it typically results from the simultaneous influence of multiple factors. And for their ideological nature, the mainstreaming of the far-right can have far-reaching consequences for liberal democracies: (a) far-right parties often exhibit a hostile stance towards minority groups and civil liberties, such as freedom of the press, expression, and association; (b) far-right parties tend to be authoritarian and, thus, anti-democratic, leading to attempts to limit democratic participation and political competition; (c) far-right governments manifest through forms of majoritarianism that implicitly rely on restrictions on political and civil rights, implementing laws that undermine political pluralism. Eventually, the normalisation process of far-right ideas is a phenomenon that, in the long run, produces hatred and discrimination, as people may perceive far-right
values as acceptable, resulting in increased discrimination and violence from the relative ethnic/political majority against multiple minorities that coexist in nowadays societies
Do LGBTIQ+ issues matter for populist radical right? An analysis of Italian parties’ social media narratives
No full textThis study analyses how populist radical right parties (PRRPs) strategically engage with LGBTIQ+ issues on social networking sites (X/Twitter and Instagram). The aim of this paper is to scrutinise the radical-right populist narratives in Italy to assess to what extent issues related to LGBTIQ+ rights matter for this party family. We employ text methods to analyse social media data, providing a comprehensive view of PRRPs’ discourse. The research shows that rather than being constrained in a univocal dynamic, PRRPs strategically perform a trivotalisation of LGBTIQ+ issues in relation to policy debates, especially when it comes to “freedom of speech” and the defense of the so-called “traditional family”
Consistent and contrasting responses to the OAE2 in the reference Bottaccione section (Umbria-Marche Apennines) and an equivalent section in NW Sicily, Italy
No full textX‐Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
No full textX-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is a spectroscopic technique in the family of electron spectroscopies, that is, those methods whose probe consists of electrons instead of photons. In the case of XPS, a soft, usually monochromatic X-ray causes the emission of electrons by means of the photoelectric effect. Differences in chemical potential and/or polarizability of the molecules can cause an alteration of the binding energy; in addition to photoelectrons, an ordinary XPS spectrum may also contain Auger electrons. In an XPS system, an electron gun is used to deliver a low-energy electron flux with a low current over the illuminated spot. In an XPS instrument, an ion gun may be used with two main purposes: the simpler one is to neutralize the electron excess over the analyzed area. From a practical standpoint, the laboratory XPS technique is used mainly to characterize materials and surfaces of various nature
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