Populist parties and movements seem to be gaining ground in Europe and in Western democracies in general. The causes are many: historical, social, cultural and political. In this ascent, a significant...
Jacopo Iacoboni
Jacopo Iacoboni is a journalist of the Italian daily La Stampa. He is the author of Votantonio (2006), Profondo rosso. La sinistra perduta (2009) and Contro l'Italia degli zombie (2012), The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses: Russian Influence in Italy and L’Esperimento. Inchiesta sul Movimento 5 stelle.
The crisis of the traditional model of parties, the personalisation of politics and ‘strong’ governments have all been ongoing processes in Italy for more than twenty years. The search for conse...
Is political news relatively pure or relatively adulterated? How do the political narratives we find in newspapers and on TV actually start? In short, does political news serve to clarify or to obfusc...
