A critical analysis of the Northern League's ideographical profiling

Woods, Dwayne

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“…While populism has spread across Europe, the populist phenomenon has gained traction in some countries more than others. This is particularly the case in Italy (Ignazi, 1996;Tarchi, 2008;Woods, 1992Woods, , 1995Woods, , 2010Woods, , 2014. With the collapse of the Christian Democratic and Italian Communist parties' hegemony in the early 1990s, the Italian party and political system underwent a significant transformation (Mannheimer, 1991(Mannheimer, , 1993).…”

Section: Crisis Of Representation: the Italian Casementioning

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“…Grillo's anti-immigrant stance has provoked tension within the movement. Following the death of immigrants off the coast of Sicily in 2014 that led to some 5-Star movement elected senators calling for a reform of the Bossi-Fini law that criminalizes illegal immigrants (Woods, 2010). Grillo strongly rejected the call by M5S senators and threated to expulse them from the movement.…”

Section: Redefining Cleavages Through Populist Rhetoricmentioning

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Riding the Populist Web: Contextualizing the Five Star Movement (M5S) in Italy

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Woods²

2015

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This article focuses on three mechanisms to explain the rise of populist movements across Europe. They are politicization of resentment, exploitation of social cleavages, and polarization of resentment and feelings of non-representation. We conceptualize populism as a strategic power game aiming to transform potential majorities into real ones by creating or reframing social cleavages. Our theoretical model is used to explain the rise of the Five Star Movement (M5S). Beppe Grillo's M5S gained notoriety on the national political scene in Italy just before the 2013 elections and succeeded in getting nearly 25 percent of the overall vote. Moreover, it was the only political force that was able to attract votes across the different regions in Italy, making it the country's only truly national party.

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Section: Crisis Of Representation: the Italian Casementioning

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Section: Redefining Cleavages Through Populist Rhetoricmentioning

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Riding the Populist Web: Contextualizing the Five Star Movement (M5S) in Italy

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Woods²

2015

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“…In a model of populism, it is inconceivable that we could make sense of it without defining in some way these ideological characteristics (Woods 2010;Elchardus and Spuryt 2016).…”

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Populism in Search of its Model

Woods

2017

Chin. Polit. Sci. Rev.

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This article makes the case that populism needs to be understood in the context of a model. The key argument formulated in this article is that the phenomenon of populism does not lend itself to taut theoretical formulations. Consequently, the explanatory and the inferential reaches of populism are largely descriptive. However, ''mere description'' within the context of a model is more than enough to produce rich understandings of populism and, under the right modeling conditions, even predictions of populist discourse eruptions and movements.Keywords Populism Á Model Á Ideology Á Movement Á Discourse ''Models mediate between theory and the world. '' (Cartwright 1999, 179-180)

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“…It has been theorized that in order for group identity to be established there must be some conception of an "other" which a group can differentiate itself from (Abizadeh 2005;Woods 2009;Woods 2010;Johnson and Colman 2012;Richardson and Colombo 2013). This makes the "other" a part of group identity.…”

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“…FI did begin to adopt immigration as a larger issue in the Berlusconi governments (Triandafyllidou and Ambrosini 2011; Woods 2010). However, there is a notable difference, as the LN views immigrants as fundamentally different and having cultural differences that cannot be overcome; while other parties believe that the problem is a lack of assimilation among immigrants (Woods 2010). This can be seen in the treatment of asylum seekers in the wake of the Arab Spring.…”

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Padania Or Federalism? An Examination Of The Spatial Demands Of Italy's Northern League

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A critical analysis of the Northern League's ideographical profiling

Cited by 10 publications

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Riding the Populist Web: Contextualizing the Five Star Movement (M5S) in Italy

Riding the Populist Web: Contextualizing the Five Star Movement (M5S) in Italy

Populism in Search of its Model

Padania Or Federalism? An Examination Of The Spatial Demands Of Italy's Northern League

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