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Five Stars and a Cricket. Beppe Grillo Shakes Italian Politics

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  • Fabio Bordignon
  • Luigi Ceccarini

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The article focuses on a new political player: the Five Star Movement led by the comedian Beppe Grillo. The party lies at the junction between different organisational models and conceptions of democracy: it combines an online and an offline presence; it has ‘horizontal’ structural elements, but a top-down decision-making process; it is positioned ‘beyond’ ideologies, while its electorate comes from various political families. The work considers the history, message, leader, organisation and electoral base of the movement, as well as the political opportunity structure that facilitated its growth in 2012 and the challenges it faces in the delicate phase of institutionalisation.

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  • Fabio Bordignon & Luigi Ceccarini, 2013. "Five Stars and a Cricket. Beppe Grillo Shakes Italian Politics," South European Society and Politics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(4), pages 427-449, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fsesxx:v:18:y:2013:i:4:p:427-449
    DOI: 10.1080/13608746.2013.775720
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