Tag: Chris Bickerton
Populist parties have made common cause with the technocrats in hollowing out national democracy in Europe
Eurosceptic parties performed strongly in last month’s European Parliament elections across a number of countries, including UKIP, the Front National in France and Bepe Grillo’s Five Star movement. Chris Bickerton and Carlo Invernizzi Accetti highlight the irony that these parties tended to encourage higher participation in European elections. They argue in this post that populist parties have failed voters by […]
Italy’s new Prime Minister is engaged in an unusual, “perfomative” form of political leadership
Italy’s youngest ever Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has embarked on a widespread programme of governmental reform since coming to power three months ago. Chris Bickerton and Carlo Invernizzi Accetti argue that Renzi’s style of leadership, which he terms ‘performative’ is more focussed on being seen as active than it is of focussed on any particular goal or […]
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