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In 2003, the occupation of a state-owned building in Rome led to
the emergence of a new extreme-right youth movement: CasaPound
Italia (CPI). Its members described themselves as 'Fascists of the
Third Millennium', and were unabashed about their admiration for
Benito Mussolini. Over the next 15 years, they would take to the
street, contest national elections, open over a hundred centres
across Italy, and capture the attention of the Italian public.
While CPI can count only on a few thousands votes, it enjoys
disproportionate attention in public debates from the media. So
what exactly is CasaPound? How can we explain the high profile
achieved by such a nostalgic group with no electoral support? In
this book, Caterina Froio, Pietro Castelli Gattinara, Giorgia Bulli
and Matteo Albanese explore CasaPound Italia and its particular
political strategy combining the organization and style of both
political parties and social movements and bringing together
extreme-right ideas and pop-culture symbols. They contend that this
strategy of hybridization allowed a fringe organization like
CasaPound to consolidate its position within the Italian far-right
milieu, but also, crucially, to make extreme-right ideas routine in
public debates. The authors illustrate this argument drawing on
unique empirical material gathered during five years of research,
including several months of overt observation at concerts and
events, face-to-face interviews, and the qualitative and
quantitative analysis of online and offline campaigns. By
describing how hybridization grants extremist groups the leeway to
expand their reach and penetrate mainstream political debates, this
book is core reading for anyone concerned about the nature and
growth of far-right politics in contemporary democracies. Providing
a fresh insight as to how contemporary extreme-right groups
organize to capture public attention, this study will also be of
interest to students, scholars and activists interested in the
complex relationship between party competition and street protest
more generally.
In 2003, the occupation of a state-owned building in Rome led to
the emergence of a new extreme-right youth movement: CasaPound
Italia (CPI). Its members described themselves as 'Fascists of the
Third Millennium', and were unabashed about their admiration for
Benito Mussolini. Over the next 15 years, they would take to the
street, contest national elections, open over a hundred centres
across Italy, and capture the attention of the Italian public.
While CPI can count only on a few thousands votes, it enjoys
disproportionate attention in public debates from the media. So
what exactly is CasaPound? How can we explain the high profile
achieved by such a nostalgic group with no electoral support? In
this book, Caterina Froio, Pietro Castelli Gattinara, Giorgia Bulli
and Matteo Albanese explore CasaPound Italia and its particular
political strategy combining the organization and style of both
political parties and social movements and bringing together
extreme-right ideas and pop-culture symbols. They contend that this
strategy of hybridization allowed a fringe organization like
CasaPound to consolidate its position within the Italian far-right
milieu, but also, crucially, to make extreme-right ideas routine in
public debates. The authors illustrate this argument drawing on
unique empirical material gathered during five years of research,
including several months of overt observation at concerts and
events, face-to-face interviews, and the qualitative and
quantitative analysis of online and offline campaigns. By
describing how hybridization grants extremist groups the leeway to
expand their reach and penetrate mainstream political debates, this
book is core reading for anyone concerned about the nature and
growth of far-right politics in contemporary democracies. Providing
a fresh insight as to how contemporary extreme-right groups
organize to capture public attention, this study will also be of
interest to students, scholars and activists interested in the
complex relationship between party competition and street protest
more generally.
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