Anti-Politics in Contemporary Italy

ISBN-13: 9780367623999 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 288 str.

Vittorio Mete

Opis

This book explores the discourses, attitudes, and behaviours of professional politicians and ordinary citizens alike characterized by hostility towards the political sphere, political parties, and above all, professional politicians.

Spis treści

1.The concept of anti-politics  2. Anti-politics prior to anti-politics. Citizens and politics in Italy after the Second World War  3. The League: anti-politics of struggle and anti-politics in government  4. The centre-left: between democratic innovation and the “scrapping” of the old political class  5. The Five Star Movement: anti-politics in the form of a new party  6. A socio-political profile of anti-political citizens  7. Conclusions. Political uses of anti-politics