Bulletin n. 2/2016
December 2016
INDICE
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Bobba Giuliano, McDonnell Duncan
    Different Types of Right-Wing Populist Discourse in Government and Opposition: The Case of Italy
    in South European Society & Politics , Volume 21, Issue 3 ,  2016 ,  281-299
    Does right-wing populist discourse change when parties move from opposition to government? How do different ideological types of right-wing populist parties express this discourse? Through an analysis of the Lega Nord and Forza Italia/Popolo della Libertà between 2006 and 2013, we find that while the switch to office does bring some changes, the main elements of their populist discourse remain largely the same. We also show how their respective emphases on ‘elites’ and ‘others’ distinguish the parties: FI/PDL focuses overwhelmingly on ‘elites’ while the LN places similar emphasis on both ‘elites’ and ‘others’. Full text available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13608746.2016.1211239
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