George Newth

Fathers of the Lega

Populist Regionalism and Populist Nationalism in Historical Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the historical roots of the Italian Republic's oldest surviving political party, the populist far right Lega (Nord), tracing its origins to post-war Italy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9781032285658
• ISBN-10: 1032285656
• Artikelnr.: 68102567

Autorenporträt

George Newth is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Bath. Researching links between regionalism, nationalism, the far right and populism, his publications examine the Lega (Nord)'s ideology in relation to Movements for Regional Autonomy (2018), populist regionalism (2019), (anti)-fascism (2022), Euroscepticism (2022), and contentious politics (2022).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Conceptual and theoretical considerations of a dual approach to leghismo
2. Crisis, Transition and demands for regional autonomy in the history of
the Italian Nation State 3. Populist Regionalism in Abeyance 4. Making or
Un-making Italians? Regionalism, The Region and the Nation-State between
two waves of activism 5. Populist Regionalism 6. Populist Nationalism