Italy As A Springboard For Populism

Description

This paper explores how different expressions of populism (the Lega’s ethno-regional populism, Berlusconi’s tele-populism, and the web-populism displayed by the Five Stars Movement, M5S) took shape in Italy. The analysis traces back from the early 1990s, when the Tangentopoli scandal was a watershed between two distinct party systems (Prima vs. Seconda Repubblica) to the current context marked by the so-called “sovereigntist” alliance Lega-M5S. While both continuities and differences are taken into consideration, the common long-term traits of Italian populism are here emphasized, such as hostility to intermediations as well as to checks and balances, and deterritorialization

Period	17 Jun 2019 → 19 Jun 2019
Event title	International Conference of CEEISA & ISA: “International Relations in the Age of Anxiety”
Event type	Conference
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Degree of Recognition	International