The Five Star Movement
Purely a matter of protest? The rise of a new party between political discontent and reasoned voting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6315345 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gianluca Passarelli (0000-0002-3300-0790, La Sapienza University, Italy, corresponding author), Dario Tuorto (0000-0002-3655-0528, University of Bologna) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 129-140 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Party Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1354068816642809 |
| OpenAlex | W2339205793 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 49 |
| References cited | 32 |
The success of the Italian party Five Star Movement (M5S) has been broadly attributed to its ability to occupy the space of radical protest against “old politics”. Due to the party’s criticism, its charismatic leadership, and its aggressive electoral campaigns, the M5S has been labeled as a populist. The unexpected result of 2013 election raises crucial theoretical questions: To what extent does the M5S electorate reflect the characteristics of a protest vote? To what extent was it also a vote driven by values, by individual evaluations on a specific political issue? The first part of the article aims to investigate the extent of negative political feelings among M5S’ voters. To disentangle the meaning and impact of protest, we distinguish two dimensions: the “system discontent” and the “élite discontent,” referring to both general and focalized images, sentiments toward and the representation of political institutions, voter power, and government performances. In the second part, we bring to the analysis a further explanation based on the theory of issue voting. The goal is to measure whether voters have chosen M5S purely because of their political resentment or also given that they shared a similar position on a number of crucial policies emphasized in the electoral campaign
Ballot · Charisma · Economics · Meaning (existential · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Power (physics · Representation (politics · Resentment · Sociology · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Psychology
Spatializing Populism
Logistic hubs and support for radical-right populism
Conspiracy beliefs of Italian voters for populist parties
The polyvalent populism of the 5 Star Movement
Understanding movement parties through their communication
Piecing the Puzzle Together
Clicktivism vs. commitivism
Why Voting Does Not Imply Consenting
Anatomy of the Italian populist breakthrough
A programme written by citizens? Agenda-setters and veto players in drafting the 2018 election manifesto of the Five-star Movement
Re-shaping the political space
Techno-populism’ as a new party family
Rejecting constitutional reform in the 2016 Italian referendum
The tandem of populism and Euroscepticism
Statistical Considerations on Political Responsivity in Italy Analyzed Over the 70-Year Time Period from 1948 to 2018
Is the “new” always “new”? Theoretical framework problems of new political parties’ research
Mi Piace, ma Non Mi Piaci [I Like It, But I Don't Like You]
The discursive construction of discontent
Religion, secularization, and far-right support in the Netherlands, Hungary, and Italy
Deserting or disengaging with valence populists
New parties in a crowded electoral space
Young democrats, critical citizens and protest voters
Ideological voting for radical right parties in Europe
Voting for Movement Parties in Southern Europe
Voter mobilisation in the echo chamber
Are they different? A comparative study of European populist party members
How the Eurozone shapes populism
Love, convenience, or respectability? Understanding the alliances of the Five Star Movement in the European Parliament
Protest against the politicians
Euroscepticism and Populism in Italy Among Party Elites and the Public
The personality of populists
Party and Leadership Effects on Referendum Voting
What if it Kicked in More Strongly? A Counterfactual Analysis of Protest Voting's Electoral Consequences in Greece, Italy and Spain
Conflicting messages of electoral protest
Populist Attitudes, Political Trust, and External Political Efficacy
Partisanship in times of crisis
From the People, Like the People, or For the People? Candidate Appraisal Among the French Yellow Vests
Policy over Protest
The fiscally moderate Italian populist voter
Protest at the ballot box
Populism without host ideologies
Populist agenda-setting
Varieties of Inclusionary Populism? Syriza, Podemos and the Five Star Movement
How the 2017 Federal Election in Germany Affected Satisfaction with Democracy among AfD Voters
Democratic discontent and support for mainstream and challenger parties
Stealth democracy and the support for new and challenger parties
Mind the gap
Discontent as motivation
The ontological core of political radicalism. Exploring the role of antagonist, dogmatic, and populist beliefs in structuring radical ideologies
Parties and Party Systems
Extreme Right Parties in Western Europe
Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe
Populist Parties in Europe
Elections and Voters
Choosing Europe?
Theories of Political Protest and Social Movements
Populists in Power
Critical Citizens
The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics
Political Parties in New Democracies
Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement
Not with my vote
The Political Consequences of the Financial and Economic Crisis in Europe
Forum
Expressive voting and electoral equilibrium
Protest voting in plurality elections
A populist Zeitgeist ? Programmatic contagion by populist parties in Western Europe
Anti‐immigrant Parties in Europe
The Emergence of a New Party in the Italian Party System
New politics and party systems
Forza Italia
Five Stars and a Cricket. Beppe Grillo Shakes Italian Politics
Towards a New Typology of Party Lifespans and Minor Parties
Protest Voting in Austria, Denmark, and Norway
The Crisis of Parties and the Rise of New Political Parties
Protest Voting and Abstention Under Plurality Rule Elections
The silent counter-revolution
Strategic and Protest Voting for Third Parties
A Directional Theory of Issue Voting
| Unique citing works | 49 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 48 |