Protest Elections and Challenger Parties: Italy and Greece in the Economic Crisis

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Living Parallel Lives: Italy and Greece in an Age of Austerity
	From Dissimilar Cases to Parallel Lives
	The Time of the Technocrats
	The Time of the Elections: Nothing as it Was
	Conclusions: Italy, Greece and the Hard Game of Austerity
	Notes
	References
Five Stars and a Cricket. Beppe Grillo Shakes Italian Politics
	Grillo and the Crickets: The Whole History
	The Talking Cricket and His Political Message
	The Organisation: the Blog, the Meet up sand M5S
	The Five Star Bus at the 2012 Stop
	A MoVimento In Movement
	Between Old and New: The Challenges Facing the M5S
	Notes
	References
A Landlord’s Notice to Quit: The May 2012 Municipal Elections in Italy
	The Run-up
	The Campaign
	The Outcome: Rejection of
‘Politics as Usual’
	The Aftermath
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Don’t Count Your Chickens before They’re Hatched: The 2013 Italian Parliamentary and Presidential Elections
	Background: From Berlusconi to Monti
	The General Election: Rules, Candidates, Polls, and Issues
	Who Won?
	The M5S: From Non-party to Catch-all Party?
	What Was at Stake in the Presidential Election?
	Conclusion: New Government, Old Problems
	Acknowledgements
	Notes
	References
Beppe Grillo’s First Defeat?The May 2013 Municipal Electionsin Italy
	Who Won, Who Lost
	Voter Turnout
	The Shrink age of the M5S
	What Is Happening to the M5S?
	Conclusions
	Notes
	References
In the Shadow of Grexit: The Greek Election of 17 June 2012
	The Greek Context
	The June 2012 Electoral Campaign
	The June 2012 Electoral Results
	Conclusions
	Notes
	References
The Rise of Golden Dawn: The NewFace of the Far Right in Greece
	The Greek Far Right since 1974
	Golden Dawn
	Facilitators of Electoral Success
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgements
	Notes
	References
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