1st Edition
Southern European Challenger Parties against the Mainstream Podemos, SYRIZA, and MoVimento 5 Stelle in Comparative Perspective
By Davide Vittori
Copyright 2022
282 Pages
33 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
282 Pages
33 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
282 Pages
33 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book focuses on the rise of new challenger parties and the magnitude of their impact on political systems and the existing political order in Southern Europe in the aftermath of the Great Recession.
Examining Podemos (Spain), SYRIZA (Greece), and M5S (Italy), it highlights the differences and commonalities between them and their voters.
The book reveals whether these parties were... Read more
1 Challenging the tradition(s)?: An introduction 2 How do Challenger parties compete, organize, and articulate their ideologies? 3 A political success in turbulent times 4 Defining “political success”: The rise of Podemos, SYRIZA, and M5S 5 Podemos 6 SYRIZA 7 Five Star Movement 8 Conclusion
Biography
Davide Vittori is postdoctoral researcher at the Unviersité Libre de Bruxelles. He works on political parties, voting behaviour, populism, citizens’ attitudes towards democracy, democratic innovations, and technocracy. He has published on these topics on several international political science journals.
