Protest Elections and Challenger Parties Italy and Greece in the Economic Crisis |
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Editor:
| Verney, Susannah Bosco, Anna |
Series title: | South European Society and Politics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-317-60305-4 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2016 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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Imprint: | Routledge |
Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
List Price: | USD $52.95USD $840.00USD $840.00 |
Book Description:
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The 'protest elections' of 2012-13 in Italy and Greece produced record-breaking electoral volatility, the decline of bipolarism and the transformation of national patterns of government formation. Analyses of these startling electoral contests is complemented by studies of two key challenger parties, Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement in Italy and Golden Dawn in Greece and a comparative overview of the process of political convergence between Italy and Greece apparently triggered by...
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The 'protest elections' of 2012-13 in Italy and Greece produced record-breaking electoral volatility, the decline of bipolarism and the transformation of national patterns of government formation. Analyses of these startling electoral contests is complemented by studies of two key challenger parties, Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement in Italy and Golden Dawn in Greece and a comparative overview of the process of political convergence between Italy and Greece apparently triggered by the economic crisis.
This book was published a sa special issue of South European Society and Politics.