Filtering Populist Claims to Fight Populism

The Italian Case in a Comparative Perspective

AvGiuseppe Martinico

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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The new wave of populism that has emerged over the last five years in Europe and in the US urgently needs to be better understood in a comparative and historical context. Using Italy - including the experiment of a self-styled populist coalition government - as a case study, this book investigates how populists in power borrow, use and manipulate categories of constitutional theory and instruments of constitutional law. Giuseppe Martinico goes beyond treating constitutionalism and populism as purely antithetical to dive deeply into the impact of populism on the activity of some instruments of constitutional democracy, endeavoring to explore their role as possible fora of populist claims and targets of populist attacks. Most importantly, he points to ways in which constitutional democracies can channel populist claims without jeopardizing the legacy of post-World War II constitutionalism. This book is aimed at academics and practicing lawyers interested in populism and comparative constitutional law.

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-02-02
Mått:153 x 228 x 12 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781108791489

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Giuseppe Martinico is Full Professor of Comparative Public Law at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies. Previously, he was García Pelayo Fellow at the Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies (CEPC), Madrid, and Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence.

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'Populist ideas are often confused with totalitarian ones. Professor Martinico, taking Italy as a case study, convincingly demonstrates how the two actually contradict each other at several points. Populism manipulates and instrumentalises constitutionalist ideas, and it does not simply deny them. It is a thoroughly researched, well-reasoned and clearly written book, both for those who are interested in contemporary Italian political and constitutional developments and for those who wish to understand the effects of populism on constitutional law in general.' András Jakab, Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law, University of Salzburg

Innehållsförteckning

1. Populist Constitutionalism: An Oxymoron? 2. Italy and Post-World War II Constitutionalism; 3. Mimetism and Parasitism in Action: Sovereignism and Identity Politics versus Post WWII – Constitutional Openness; 4. Mimetism and Parasitism in Action: Politics of Immediacy and the Case of The Referendum; 5. The Assault on Representative Democracy as the Other Side of the Politics of Immediacy; 6. The Return of the Imperative Mandate?; 7. Filtering Populist Claims to Fight Populism; Final Remarks.