The Italian Experiment
This blog is dedicated to examining the influence and effects of Populism on the Italian democratic experiment. Most importantly, I aim to follow two major themes: Transition and Identity. There is much to cover, so why don’t you sit down, grab some Panettone and dive in?
Published by Jacob Braun for EURR4303 at Carleton University. A subsidiary blog of Hate 2.0.
BLOG POSTS BY THEME
Transition
Blog Post #1: The Years of Lead- The First Republic is put to the test
Blog Post #2: Fuel for the Fire- Corruption and the End of the First Republic
Blog Post #3: Italy Swings Populist- the Beginning of the Second Republic
Blog Post #4: War in Syria- What does this mean for Italy?
Blog Post #5: Fratelli D’Italia- Party like it’s 1922?
Identity
Blog Post #6: Normalizing Fascism and how it’s Related to Turtles
Blog Post #7: Football and Italian Nationalism
Blog Post #8: Fratelli D’Italia and the Great Replacement
Blog Post #9: Italy and Germany- What do they have in common?
Blog Post #10: Giorgia Meloni- Unifying Identities against one target
Giorgia Meloni: Unifying Identities Against One Target [BLOG POST 10]
By Jacob Braun Giorgia Meloni holding up a scarf that reads “We defend God, Homeland and Family,” Massimo Paolone/AP, via the Guardian The election of Giorgia Meloni as Italian Prime Minister reflects a significant change in the landscape of Italian politics. Regionalist squabbles were put down to support a candidate rooted in traditions all Italians…
Italy and Germany- What do they have in common? [BLOG POST 9]
By Jacob Braun Entrance of Garibaldi to Naples (1860), Wenzel Franz Jager, via WikiMedia Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported On the surface, Italy and Germany seem like polar opposites of each other. Italy is Catholic, while Germany is Protestant. Italians love to relax, while Germans are typically stereotyped as workaholics. Italian is a Romance language,…
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