The “Post-Modern” Populism in Italy: The Case of the Five Star Movement

Lanzone, Maria Elisabetta

doi:10.1108/s0895-993520140000022002

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“…This paper draws on this literature strand to assess differences in parties' stances on migration in parliamentary debates over the 2015 refugee crisis in Italy, the United Kingdom, and the EP. Looking at how the refugee crisis has been framed 7 by centre-left, centreright, Radical Right Populist Parties (RRPPs) (Mudde, 2004(Mudde, , 2007, 8 and Populist Parties (PPs) (Meny and Surel, 2002;Lanzone, 2014), I compare framing strategies adopted by political parties at the national level and by national delegations in the European Parliament Political Groups (EPPGs).…”

Section: Theoretical Background and Hypothesismentioning

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Politicization of the refugee crisis?: a content analysis of parliamentary debates in Italy, the UK, and the EU

Gianfreda

2017

Riv. ital. sci. polit.

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This paper draws on the literature on party competition and issue ownership to assess whether political membership on the right-left dimension explains party stances on migration. While some scholars argue that on this issue a clear distinction between left and right exists, some more recent quantitative and fine-grained analyses show a more nuanced picture. According to them, a clear difference in narratives exists only when the salience of the issue is high, under pressure of the electoral success of a far-right party or about specific policy issues. This paper further investigates this aspect in the context of the 2015 refugee crisis. It looks at the positions held by the main centre-left, centre-right, Radical Right, and Populist Parties in the Italian, British, and European Parliaments. The content analysis shows that centre-left parties frame the refugee crisis mainly as a humanitarian emergency and held pro-European Union (EU) positions, while centre-right parties differ substantially between Italy and the United Kingdom. Both radical right and Populist Parties exploit the political-opportunity offered by the refugee crisis to foster their anti-establishment claims. Moreover, Radical Right Populist Parties stress the need to secure external borders and restore national sovereignty, against further integration. At the EU level, left- and right-wing groups (Socialist and Democrats Party, European Conservatives and Reformists Party, and European People’s Party) are cohesive, while the populist group (European Freedom and Direct Democracy Party) is not. This paper adds on the academic debate on the refugee crisis, showing how the immigration issue can impact on domestic and European party politics, challenging party identities and alliances.

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Section: Theoretical Background and Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Politicization of the refugee crisis?: a content analysis of parliamentary debates in Italy, the UK, and the EU

Gianfreda

2017

Riv. ital. sci. polit.

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“…However, within this literature, the Movimento 5 Stelle does pose an important theoretical challenge. The party has been described as a distinct form of populism: while to a large extent it shares the populist rhetoric that is built on a distrusting attitude toward the political elite, the party does not seem to share with the other members of that party family the same view with regard to immigration and diversity (Lanzone 2014). The question therefore remains whether the Movimento really fits into the populist party family, or whether this party should be considered as a very specific form of left-wing populism -without the element of anti-immigrant rhetoric that is such an important element in most populist parties.…”

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The electoral success of the Movimento 5 Stelle: An example of a left populist vote?

Hooghe

Oser

2016

ozp

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Das Movimento 5 Stelle wird oft als Beispiel herangezogen für den europäischen Trend eines schnell wachsenden Erfolges populistischer Parteien. In diesem Artikel werden, in einer vergleichenden Studie anhand des European Social Survey von 2012, die Gründe untersucht aus welchen sich die Wähler de Movimento für diese Partei entschieden haben. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Wähler des Movimento, im Gegensatz zur Wählerschaft anderer populistischer Parteien in Europa, nicht durch Fremdenfeindlichkeit oder durch rechte Ideologien zur Stimmabgabe für das Movimento motiviert werden. Vielmehr treffen Movimento Wähler ihre Wahlentscheidung auf Grund negativer Bewertungen des politischen Systems. Die abschließende Diskussion verknüpft diese Ergebnisse mit den jüngsten politischen Ereignissen in Italien.

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“…Civic lists mushroomed. In some instances, they were newly created local groups and in others they were already existent groups that had been formed around local issues that joined the network (Lanzone, 2014). The objective of V-day of action was to crystallize the latent resentment against what Grillo identified as a corrupt political caste.…”

Section: The Politicization Of Resentment: the Rise Of Civic Populismmentioning

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

Lanzone

Woods²

2015

PaG

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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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The “Post-Modern” Populism in Italy: The Case of the Five Star Movement

Cited by 17 publications

References 15 publications

Politicization of the refugee crisis?: a content analysis of parliamentary debates in Italy, the UK, and the EU

Politicization of the refugee crisis?: a content analysis of parliamentary debates in Italy, the UK, and the EU

The electoral success of the Movimento 5 Stelle: An example of a left populist vote?

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

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