| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Beppe Grillo and the Movimento 5 Stelle : a brief history of a "leaderist" movement with a leaderless ideology / Rinaldo Vignati -- The organization of the Movimento 5 Stelle : a contradictory party model / Rinaldo Vignati -- Between blog, social networks and territory : activists and grassroots organisation / Maria Elisabetta Lanzone and Filippo Tronconi -- The electoral base : the "political revolution" in evolution / Andrea Pedrazzani and Luca Pinto -- From "citizens" to members of parliament : the elected representatives in the parliamentary arena / Luca Pinto and Andrea Pedrazzani -- An internet-fuelled party? : the Movimento 5 Stelle and the Web / Lorenzo Mosca, Cristian Vaccari and Augusto Valeriani -- The Movimento 5 Stelle and social conflicts : between symbiosis and cooptation / Lorenzo Mosca -- A vote(r) like any other? : exploring the protest component in the vote for the Movimento 5 Stelle / Gianluca Passarelli and Dario Tuorto -- Beyond protest : issues and ideological inconsistencies in the voters of the Movimento 5 Stelle / Pasquale Colloca and Piergiorgio Corbetta -- Conclusion : the organisational and ideological roots of the electoral success / Filippo Tronconi |
| Summary |
In 2009 Beppe Grillo, a well known Italian comedian, established the Five Star Movement with the aim of sending a handful of citizens to municipal councils to act as the watchdog of a professional political class often perceived as corrupt and self-interested. However, in the Italian general elections of February 2013, despite still largely being considered a small protest movement, the party gained the undisputed role of leading political actor gaining just under 9 million votes and sending 163 Deputies and Senators to the Italian parliament. The birth and rapid rise of the Five Star Movement represents an electoral earthquake with no parallels in Italy and the whole of post-1945 Western Europe and a phenomenon likely to shape the Italian political scene for many years to come. Drawing on an extensive array of data and face-to-face interviews, this volume offers an empirically grounded explanation of the surprising electoral success of the Five Star Movement and presents a realistic picture of this party in its manifold aspects: organisational structure, communication style, linkages with civil society, ideological nature and positioning in the Italian political system.-- Provided by Publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Grillo, Beppe, 1948-
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Grillo, Beppe, 1948- fast |
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Grillo, Beppe 1948- gnd |
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Movimento 5 stelle.
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Movimento 5 stelle fast |
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MoVimento 5 Stelle gnd |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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Politics and government
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Missnöjespartier.
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Gröna partier.
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Italy -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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Italy
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Italien
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tronconi, Filippo, editor
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| ISBN |
9781472436641 |
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1472436644 |
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