| ID | 144732 |
| Title Proper | Foreign policy and the ideology of post-ideology |
| Other Title Information | the case of Matteo Renzi’s Partito Democratico |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Brighi, Elisabetta ; Giugni, Lilia |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The post-communist Italian Left has experienced a long phase of ideational misalignment between ideas placed at different levels, as a qualified discursive institutionalist approach demonstrates. Background public philosophies have often clashed with post-communist political ideology, while foreign policy programmes have often contradicted specific policies. Under the leadership of Matteo Renzi, however, the PD is now experiencing a moment of remarkable ideational consistency. Rather than being founded on entirely new premises, this new consensus folds old elements into new ones and shows all the defining traits of post-ideology. Yet, by espousing post-ideology, Renzi is making an ultimately ideological move whose limitations may soon start to show. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Spectator Vol. 51, No.1; Mar 2016: p.13-27 |
| Journal Source | International Spectator Vol: 51 No 1 |
| Key Words | Italian Foreign Policy ; Italian Political Parties ; Partito Democratico ; Matteo Renzi |