From dreams to reality: the challenges of Italy’s Five Star Movement

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• 作者：Margherita Movarelli
• 关键词：M5S ; Five Star Movement ; Grillo ; Casaleggio ; Italy ; Populism ; Protest
• 刊名：European View
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：15
• 期：2
• 页码：213-221
• 全文大小：592KB
• 刊物主题：Political Science; Sociology, general; European Integration; International Economics;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1865-5831
• 卷排序：15

文摘

Since its birth in 2009, the Five Star Movement has achieved incredible growth, accompanied by important electoral successes. This has resulted in concrete responsibilities and influential positions in the system. Grillo’s movement was born as an anti-system and populist force with interesting peculiarities, and the main challenge it is now facing is to prove itself able to govern and to transform problems into solutions. So far the promised revolution has not taken place: a mixture of inexperience, internal divisions, scandals and contradictions has already damaged the image of the movement, which is facing many challenges and a difficult transition. The evolution of the Five Star Movement shows all the weaknesses of populist movements facing reality. The best strategy to confront them is to ensure that all their contradictions emerge and, at the same time, to regain the citizens’ trust by providing credible solutions to their problems.