TY - JOUR
T1 - Local representative democracy and protest politics
T2 - the case of the Five-star Movement
AU - Vampa, Davide
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Contemporary Italian Politics on 11 Sept 2015, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/23248823.2015.1087120
PY - 2015/9/2
Y1 - 2015/9/2
N2 - In recent years, protest politics has become a relevant phenomenon in various European countries. Italy has witnessed the rise of the Five-star Movement (M5S), an anti-establishment party, which, at the 2013 general election, obtained one-fourth of the total votes. However, the story of this ‘party-movement’ started at the local level, as a civic network aimed at changing administrative practices in municipal government. By using an original dataset on representation in 671 Italian municipalities from 2010 to 2014, this article aims to explain not only the subnational political success of the M5S but also the challenges and contradictions that a newly formed movement faces in multi-level electoral arenas.
AB - In recent years, protest politics has become a relevant phenomenon in various European countries. Italy has witnessed the rise of the Five-star Movement (M5S), an anti-establishment party, which, at the 2013 general election, obtained one-fourth of the total votes. However, the story of this ‘party-movement’ started at the local level, as a civic network aimed at changing administrative practices in municipal government. By using an original dataset on representation in 671 Italian municipalities from 2010 to 2014, this article aims to explain not only the subnational political success of the M5S but also the challenges and contradictions that a newly formed movement faces in multi-level electoral arenas.
UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23248823.2015.1087120
U2 - 10.1080/23248823.2015.1087120
DO - 10.1080/23248823.2015.1087120
M3 - Article
VL - 7
SP - 232
EP - 250
JO - Contemporary Italian Politics
JF - Contemporary Italian Politics
SN - 2324-8823
IS - 3
ER -