Brothers of Italy
Identity and Pragmatism in the Italian Radical Right
Will be published approx. on 31. January 2027
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-1-78821-825-2 (ISBN)
Description
In 2022, Georgia Meloni became Italy's first female prime minister, after steering her party Fratelli D'Italia (Brothers of Italy) to victory and forming a right-wing coalition government. Meloni's achievement is even more impressive when considered in the context of the 2018 election result, in which the party only garnered 4.3 per cent of the popular vote.
This book charts the origin and evolution of Meloni and the Fratelli D'Italia within the context of the Italian party system, its organization, political elite, ideological positioning, policy proposals and voters' profile. As the first radical right party to lead a government in Europe since the Second World War, FdI is under intense international scrutiny with a fascist revival feared exactly 100 years after Mussolini's March on Rome. The plausibility of such fears is assessed as well as the complex conditions both within the party and the Italian political system that have culminated in Meloni's premiership.
This book charts the origin and evolution of Meloni and the Fratelli D'Italia within the context of the Italian party system, its organization, political elite, ideological positioning, policy proposals and voters' profile. As the first radical right party to lead a government in Europe since the Second World War, FdI is under intense international scrutiny with a fascist revival feared exactly 100 years after Mussolini's March on Rome. The plausibility of such fears is assessed as well as the complex conditions both within the party and the Italian political system that have culminated in Meloni's premiership.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Edinburgh University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
39 b+w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78821-825-2 (9781788218252)
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Davide Angelucci is a Lecturer at the Department of Political Science of Luiss University, Rome. Gianfranco Baldini is Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna. Filippo Tronconi is Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna.
Content
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
1. Brothers of Italy as a "rooted newcomer": memory, roots and party evolution
2. Meloni's leadership: community, communication and the flame
3. Electoral expansion: time and space
4. Political elite recruitment: continuity and change
5. Party priorities for government: the role of nativism, authoritarianism, populism and sovereignism in official communications
6. Who supports Brothers of Italy? The micro-foundations of FdI's electoral success
7. Strains and constraints: the fragile resilience of Italian democracy under Giorgia Meloni
Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index
Introduction
1. Brothers of Italy as a "rooted newcomer": memory, roots and party evolution
2. Meloni's leadership: community, communication and the flame
3. Electoral expansion: time and space
4. Political elite recruitment: continuity and change
5. Party priorities for government: the role of nativism, authoritarianism, populism and sovereignism in official communications
6. Who supports Brothers of Italy? The micro-foundations of FdI's electoral success
7. Strains and constraints: the fragile resilience of Italian democracy under Giorgia Meloni
Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index