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Italian Golden Age of Populism: an Analysis of Movimento 5 Stelle and Lega TV Agenda in 2018 General Elections

The current political scenario show how that composed kind of political proposals and strategies that might be called “populist” seem to meet the request for political change characterizing Western electorate (Inglehart, Norris, 2016). In particular, Italy has been the theatre of a trend that can be summarized in the Urbinati’s formula “populism golden age” (Urbinati, 2015).

Italian golden age of populism: an analysis of Movimento 5 Stelle and Lega TV agenda in 2018 General Elections

The current political scenario shows how that composed kind of political proposals and strategies that might be called “populist” seem to meet the request for political change characterizing Western electorate (Inglehart, Norris, 2016). In particular, Italy has been the theatre of a trend that can be summarized in the Urbinati’s formula “populism golden age” (Urbinati, 2015).

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