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Dear Giorgio
I was wondering if you would be willing to publicise the following call for papers on the Italian Studies list? Thanks
Duncan
Italy: A Populist Paradise?
Convenors: Duncan McDonnell (University of York) and Daniele Albertazzi (University of Birmingham).
Panel proposal, PSA 55th Political Studies Association Annual Conference
4-7 April 2005 - University of Leeds
The fertile terrain provided by Italian politics for populism over the last two decades has attracted the attention of many scholars and led to the description of Italy as “a populist paradise” (Zanatta, 2001). Important figures in the young life of the Italian Second Republic such as Umberto Bossi, Leoluca Orlando and Antonio Di Pietro have all been described as populist, as has the current Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi. Moreover, it has been argued that populism has exerted an important influence on the style and concept of politics generally in Italy (Tarchi, 2003). This panel will examine the new Italian populism in terms of both its actors and their impact on Italian political debate and practice. We encourage papers which seek to answer some of the following questions:
What are the characteristics of the new Italian populists? What elements unite and differentiate them? How have they influenced the development of Italian Second Republic politics? Why has populism been so successful in contemporary Italy? Which heartlands do the new Italian populists appeal to? How have other political actors responded to the populist challenge? How have populist politicians met the challenge of participation in government? What are the future prospects for the current generation of Italian populists and populist-style politics in Italy?
We also welcome papers which examine populist movements elsewhere in Europe in comparison to those in Italy.
Paper abstracts (max 250 words) should be sent to:
Dr. Daniele Albertazzi
University of Birmingham
Centre for European Languages and Cultures
Tel. **44 (0)121 4147 503
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