Clough Marinaro, IsabellaJaffe, SethKehoe, Katherine2024-09-252024-09-252017Kehoe, Katherine. "Understanding the Success of Populist Parties in the Italian Political Context since 1994". BA Thesis, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. 2017.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14490/337Thesis (B.A. in Political Science)--John Cabot University, Fall 2017.Populism as a guiding political force has been rapidly gaining global attention. In Europe, the balance of traditional politics has been disrupted by this phenomenon promoting an agenda of nationalism. This is well-demonstrated by Italy’s multiparty system, which has institutionalized three populist governments since 1994. In the recent 2013 Italian national elections, three of the four top-voted parties can be considered populist; Popolo della Libertà, Lega Nord, and MoVimento 5 Stelle. This research aims to understand how these three parties can coexist and compete for legislative representation and what factors of the Italian political context contribute to the growth and success of populism. An analysis of the relationships between parties and the Italian electorate will be achieved by examination of party rhetoric, propaganda, and manifestos following the Mudde and Kaltwasser (2013) framework of populism. The purpose of this analysis is to shed light on the Italian democratic situation lending itself to populist forces.vii, 67 pagesenAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Politics and governmentPopulismPolitical partiesThesis