Protest Elections And Challenger Parties: Italy And Greece In The Economic Crisis (south European Society And Politics)

Cover page 1 Halftitle page 2 Series page 3 Title page 6 Copyright page 7 Contents 8 Citation Information 10 Notes on Contributors 12 Living Parallel Lives: Italy and Greece in an Age of Austerity 14 From Dissimilar Cases to Parallel Lives 16 The Time of the Technocrats 22 The Time of the Elections: Nothing as it Was 29 Conclusions: Italy, Greece and the Hard Game of Austerity 37 Notes 41 References 41 Five Stars and a Cricket. Beppe Grillo Shakes Italian Politics 44 Grillo and the Crickets: The Whole History 46 The Talking Cricket and His Political Message 49 The Organisation: the Blog, the Meet up sand M5S 54 The Five Star Bus at the 2012 Stop 56 A MoVimento In Movement 59 Between Old and New: The Challenges Facing the M5S 62 Notes 65 References 65 A Landlord’s Notice to Quit: The May 2012 Municipal Elections in Italy 68 The Run-up 70 The Campaign 75 The Outcome: Rejection of ‘Politics as Usual’ 79 The Aftermath 82 Conclusion 84 Notes 85 References 87 Don’t Count Your Chickens before They’re Hatched: The 2013 Italian Parliamentary and Presidential Elections 90 Background: From Berlusconi to Monti 92 The General Election: Rules, Candidates, Polls, and Issues 95 Who Won? 99 The M5S: From Non-party to Catch-all Party? 104 What Was at Stake in the Presidential Election? 109 Conclusion: New Government, Old Problems 111 Acknowledgements 112 Notes 112 References 113 Beppe Grillo’s First Defeat?The May 2013 Municipal Electionsin Italy 116 Who Won, Who Lost 117 Voter Turnout 122 The Shrink age of the M5S 125 What Is Happening to the M5S? 129 Conclusions 133 Notes 136 References 137 In the Shadow of Grexit: The Greek Election of 17 June 2012 140 The Greek Context 141 The June 2012 Electoral Campaign 144 The June 2012 Electoral Results 150 Conclusions 155 Notes 156 References 156 The Rise of Golden Dawn: The NewFace of the Far Right in Greece 160 The Greek Far Right since 1974 162 Golden Dawn 164 Facilitators of Electoral Success 173 Conclusion 177 Acknowledgements 178 Notes 178 References 179 Index 184