1st Edition

Populist Radical Left Parties in Western Europe

By Marco Damiani Copyright 2020
216 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides a comparative analysis and a systemic categorization of the Populist Radical Left Parties (PRLPs) in Western Europe. Institutional and socio-economic aspects have transformed the political culture of many modern democracies, leading to the creation of radical left-wing parties who, by combining a strongly populist political offer with the historical demands of the traditional... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1 – Conceptual framework

Chapter 2 – Left-wing Populism

Chapter 3 – New Identitarian Approach

Chapter 4 – Forerunners of Populism

Chapter 5 – Ideal-typical Populism

Chapter 6 – Populism of Government

Chapter 7 – Presidential Populism

Chapter 8 – Others Leftist Populisms

Chapter 9 – Inside. Internal Dimension

Chapter 10 – Outside. External Dimension

Conclusion

Biography

Marco Damiani is Assistant Professor in Political Sociology at University of Perugia. His researches focus on the European political parties. In particular, he works on the Left and radical Left parties and the European populist parties. With Routledge he published: "Citizen democracy. New politics in new participation models", in M. Anselmi and P. Blokker (eds.) Multiple Populisms: Italy as Democracy's Mirror (2019); "The European Radical Left. Transformation and Political Changement", in J. Ibrahim and J. M. Roberts (eds.) Contemporary Left-Wing Activism Volume 1: Democracy, Participation and Dissent in a Global Context (2019); "Radical Left-wing Populism and Democracy in Europe", in C. de la Torre (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Global Populism (2018).