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Oct 10, 2022 · In this vein, Lega shows how the post-truth age has allowed the spreading of right- wing populist ideology as never before, threatening European democratic values and the European Union political project.
Political Ideology. Lega Nord's political ideology has evolved over the years, reflecting its journey from a regionalist party to a more nationalist one under Salvini's leadership. Regionalism. In its early years, Lega Nord focused on regionalism, advocating for greater autonomy for the northern regions of Italy.
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Nov 11, 2022 · This article has examined how the Lega (Nord) has shaped its ideology by exploiting Italy’s historical relationship with fascism, presenting itself as a political actor ‘beyond the fascist-communist divide’.
Jul 26, 2019 · ABSTRACT. Newth’s paper contributes to a greater understanding of the connection between regionalism and radical-right ideology by examining the roots of the Italian Lega Nord’s regionalist, populist and nativist discourse with a new framework of populist regionalism. By analysing the discourse of two waves of regionalist activism in ...
- George Newth
- 2019
From Federalism to Secession. Ilvo Diamanti. The year 1996 represented a turning point for the Lega Nord and its political strategy. The Lega definitively changed character, transforming itself from an versatile and heterogeneous political actor, a "great cha- meleon" as Giovanni Pajetta described it,1 into one with a project so spe- cific and ...
Nov 1, 2015 · By stressing its anti-government rhetoric, anti-national issue positions, and its will to separate from Italy, elements of a populist framework were clear, with political and institutional distrust, anti-system attitudes, racism, and attacks on the political elite.
This article addresses a significant gap in the literature on the Lega (Nord) by examining the resemiotisation of the party’s early discourse of ‘performative anti-fascism’ under Umberto Bossi into the current ‘post-fascist’ discursive strategy of Matteo Salvini’s Lega.
