The Politics of Polarisation: Conflictual Competition in Italy, Spain and Greece Bosco Anna
The Politics of Polarisation: Conflictual Competition in Italy, Spain and Greece Bosco Anna Focusing on Italy, Spain and Greece, this book explores the extent of polarisation, as well as its causes,…
Specifikacia The Politics of Polarisation: Conflictual Competition in Italy, Spain and Greece Bosco Anna
The Politics of Polarisation: Conflictual Competition in Italy, Spain and Greece Bosco Anna
Focusing on Italy, Spain and Greece, this book explores the extent of polarisation, as well as its causes, characteristics and consequences. Deep antagonism has moved party leaders against each other, hindered parliamentary and governmental cooperation, and triggered a cascade effect of harsh divisions among elites and citizens. It investigates varied manifestations of polarised politics including leader polarisation, policy polarisation and affective polarisation as well as providing case studies of polarised elections taking place at multiple levels.In recent years, polarisation has been a key feature of South European politics.
Beyond the left-right axis, the chapters in this volume highlight multiple dimensions around which parties and voters polarise: the split around sovereign bailouts in Greece, the territorial cleavage in Spain, the divisions around immigration and
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