Papers by Giovanni Barbieri
The Euro Crisis in the Media. Journalistic Coverage of European Crisis and European Institutions, 2015
The chapter intends to discuss if there exist a common European media approach to the role and th... more The chapter intends to discuss if there exist a common European media approach to the role and the responsibilities of the EU, at least at the level of the quality and business press.
Some cross-national divergences in how media represent EU are already notorious and incontrovertible. A difference between UK and all the other countries has been repeatedly stressed by most research on the topic. But are contrasts limited only to UK or do involve also other countries? And do such contrasts, if they exist, allow us to argue that EU is still a part of the media domestic political framework? Or, on the contrary, cross-national differences pale in comparison with the emergence of a common representation of Europe? And is the citizens’ view of Europe somehow linked or does it contradict national media coverage? The chapter will try to answer such questions by illustrating and discussing: a) how the European press has described and interpreted the role of the European institutions, i.e. the EU and the ECB; b) how the European press has made predictions on possible consequences of the crisis, in particular about the reinforcement of the EU role; c) how popular trust in the effectiveness of EU -measured through the Eurobarometer data- is consistent with the emerging trends in the media coverage.
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Niente di nuovo sul fronte mediale. Agenda pubblica e campagna elettorale, 2019
In tale contributo si analizzano quali siano l’agenda tematica degli elettori nel corso dell’ulti... more In tale contributo si analizzano quali siano l’agenda tematica degli elettori nel corso dell’ultima campagna elettorale del 2018, le sue possibili variazioni nel corso della campagna stessa, le sue similarità, o meno, con quelle registratasi negli appuntamenti elettorali succedutisi dal 2000 ad oggi . Successivamente si indaga se elettori con caratteristiche differenti tendano a segnalare priorità di natura differente. Infine ci si sposta ad analizzare il possibile legame intercorrente fra segnalazione delle priorità e intenzione di voto.
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Lexington Books, 2021
In The Fifth Cleavage: Genealogy of the Populist Ideology and Parties, Giovanni Barbieri proposes... more In The Fifth Cleavage: Genealogy of the Populist Ideology and Parties, Giovanni Barbieri proposes an in-depth analysis of populism as one of the central phenomena in the contemporary public and political debate. Specifically, this study aims to investigate the causes of the emergence of populism and its possible effects on the political system and democratic institutions. The central thesis of the book is that populism is originated by a cleavage between two opposite groups—the people and the elite—which appeared for the first time soon after the democratic revolutions of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This cleavage is not constantly active, but it tends to reactivate itself only under certain circumstances, when certain critical junctures occur, thus giving rise to different “waves” of populism. When the “populist cleavage” is active, the other lines of division and conflict (of class, of religion, etc.) lose their relevance. What are the features of this cleavage? What kind of relationship does it have with the well-known traditional cleavages (capital-labor, state-church, urban-rural, center-periphery)? What are the characteristics of the recent “wave” of populism? And what are its effects on the functioning of democracy? These are the main questions to which this book is devoted.
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Comunicazione Politica, 2014
Il successo riscosso dal Movimento 5 stelle alle ultime elezioni politiche è frutto di vari
fatto... more Il successo riscosso dal Movimento 5 stelle alle ultime elezioni politiche è frutto di vari
fattori. Fra questi, va inclusa una efficace campagna elettorale, che ha avuto nello Tsunami
tour il suo momento di maggiore visibilità. La doppia natura comizio-spettacolo
del tour ha consentito di recuperare quella centralità della «piazza» come luogo d’incontro
e confronto politico e quella partecipazione trasversale che si erano andati perdendo
nel corso del tempo; la capacità di svelare le criticità e anomalie della situazione
italiana e le accuse rivolte a una classe dirigente corrotta e disumana hanno consentito
a Grillo di far vibrare le corde emotive su cui si strutturano le opinioni e le convinzioni
degli elettori; l’effetto rimbalzo di cui ha goduto il tour ha infine permesso al fondatore
del Movimento 5 stelle di essere sempre presente nei media tradizionali.
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Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 2014
How has the Eurozone crisis been covered in the Italian press? Who has been identified
as bearing... more How has the Eurozone crisis been covered in the Italian press? Who has been identified
as bearing the main responsibility for the crisis? What is the image of the European Union (EU) that has emerged from this coverage? This article aims to answer such questions through a content analysis of four Italian newspapers (Il Sole 24 Ore, Corriere della Sera, la Repubblica and il Giornale) during 11 periods between 2010 and 2012. In our perspective, the topic we address is particularly important for two reasons: first, because the continuing Euro crisis is the most significant threat facing the EU’s very existence since its formation, and second, because the media, through the coverage they provide, contribute to build both Europe and the support it needs to prosper.
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Bulletin of Italian Politics , 2012
In recent years the Northern League has begun to acquire growing support in the regions of Centra... more In recent years the Northern League has begun to acquire growing support in the regions of Central Italy (the so-called Red Belt). With the principle objective of clarifying the reasons for the League's expansion here, an investigation was undertaken to assess the hypothesis that growing concern generated by the phenomenon of immigration, as well as the inability of the red sub-culture to supply adequate responses to the demands of the peripheral territory, have given the League greater chances for success. In this way I proceed to a quantitative analysis aimed at reconstructing the electoral evolution of the League and at identifying its strongholds within the Red Belt; the analysis is enriched by in-depth interviews with national and provincial secretaries from the party. Results confirm the hypothesis and highlight the importance of a third aspect: the League's constant effort to put down territorial roots.
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Partecipazione e conflitto, 2015
One of the most important reasons for the expansion of Eurosceptic parties is the worsening of th... more One of the most important reasons for the expansion of Eurosceptic parties is the worsening of the economic crisis. This and, more generally, the processes of globalization/denationalization have not had the same effects for all citizens; a new structural conflict, opposing the " winners " and " losers " of globalization , has arisen. Usually the mainstream political parties tend to take the " winners' " side, while the peripheral parties tend to adopt a " loser's " ' programme and to use Euroscepticism as a mobilizing issue; the electoral constituency of the Eurosceptic parties is therefore formed, above all, by the " losers " of globalization. The 2014 European elections represented an important turning point for the Eurosceptic parties; they obtained an unprecedentedly large percentage of votes, but no " political earthquake " , " sweeps " , or " Eu-rope's populist backlash " occurred. The Eurosceptic parties have never been able to form a joint anti-European front, because of their mutual mistrust. " He's worse than me " , could be the statement that best epitomizes the relationships within the Eurosceptic right-wing camp. A further exacerbation of the economic crisis and/or the inability of the EU institutions in addressing it could lead such parties towards new and more considerable achievements.
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Cambio. Rivista sulle trasformazioni sociali, 2022
The article deals with one of the most influential and renowed book of Huntington, The Clash of C... more The article deals with one of the most influential and renowed book of Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order. After dwelling on the historical and intellectual background of the book, on its main thesis, and on its reception and criticism, the article focuses on the Huntigton’s analysis of Ukraine, viewed by the author as a cleft country. Embracing a culturalist approach to the international relations, the article tries to deepen the Huntington thesis arguing that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine implies a clash between the different geopolitical representations that these great powers have of themselves. Finally, it raises the question of the current relevance and applicability of the Huntington proposals aimed to avoid the outbreak of catastrophical conflicts on a global scale.
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Rivista di Politica, 2021
Giuseppe Conte, Matteo Renzi, Mario Draghi. L’eroe, antieroe, il supereroe. Le vicende recenti de... more Giuseppe Conte, Matteo Renzi, Mario Draghi. L’eroe, antieroe, il supereroe. Le vicende recenti della politica italiana – caratterizzate da un alto tasso di personalizzazione, a fronte della crescente debolezza dei partiti politici – si prestano bene ad una narrazione epica
basata appunto sul ruolo preponderante svolto dai singoli leader, ognuno
dei quali portatore di uno specifico stile di condotta e di caratteristiche,
politiche e temperamentali, a loro volta uniche e peculiari. Nell’epoca
della spettacolarizzazione, la lotta politica diviene sempre più, nella
rappresentazione mediatica e nella percezione dell’opinione pubblica, scontro tra individualità ‘eccezionali’ (nel bene come nel male). Col rischio di smarrire la dinamica vera e profonda della politica,
riconducibile alla dialettica tra forze sociali, gruppi organizzati e blocchi
d’interesse.
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Journalism, 2019
The article analyzes how the press in 10 European countries portrayed the Euro crisis.
It aims at... more The article analyzes how the press in 10 European countries portrayed the Euro crisis.
It aims at identifying the main interpretations given to the crisis and at evaluating to what extent such interpretations were influenced by variables such as the national belonging, the newspapers’ typology, and ideological orientation. By applying the technique of the multiple correspondence analysis, we highlighted that the interpretations of the
Euro crisis were organized along four major dimensions: (1) accuracy, (2) magnitude and accountability mechanism, (3) attitude and expectations, and (4) characterization.
Results suggest that facing common problems did not encourage the press of different states to cover the Euro crisis in a similar way. Rather, the most interesting finding appears to be the prevalent intra-country homogeneity that reveals similarities among different newspapers’ types.
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Quaderni di sociologia, 2017
Dopo avere fornito alcuni cenni sulla genesi del Trattato di Sociologia, l’approccio metodologico... more Dopo avere fornito alcuni cenni sulla genesi del Trattato di Sociologia, l’approccio metodologico adottato e le influenze subite, si anticipa
come Pareto proponga una lettura del reale basata essenzialmente su opposizioni binarie e come egli propenda per una proficua sintesi fra esse ovvero come egli prediliga sempre quella che può essere definita la “giusta via di mezzo”; si mostra come sia tale lettura sia tale via vengano
applicate allo studio del sistema sociale, di quello economico e, infine, di
quello politico; si rileva infine come, anche da un punto di vista politico, Pareto apprezzi le iniziative e le forme di governo basati su
un “giusto” mix fra l’uso della forza e la ricerca del consenso .
La parte finale di questo contributo è invece mossa dall’obiettivo di
mostrare se e in quale misura il Trattato sia ancora un’opera attuale.
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e-Politikon. Political Science Quarterly of the Centre for Political Analysis of the University of Warsaw, 2019
The present study aims to measure the level of populism expressed by the main Italian political l... more The present study aims to measure the level of populism expressed by the main Italian political leaders during the 2018 national electoral campaign, and, consequently, to evaluate which leaders can be considered populist. For this purpose, our units of analysis are the television interviews granted by these leaders, and we will examine them through the pedagogical assessment technique of holistic grading, applied for the first time to the study of populist discourses by Hawkins
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Journalism, 2021
Immigration is a dramatic challenge for Europe: the press has a large influence in determining th... more Immigration is a dramatic challenge for Europe: the press has a large influence in determining the opinion climate at this regard. This article investigates how a selection of newspapers in Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy covers the immigration issue from 1 January 2013 to 30 April 2014, before and after the Lampedusa shipwreck on 3 October 2013. Departing from the hypothesis that the media ownership may have a large influence on the content of the news, we investigate 12 different media companies in conjunction with other variables that may affect the coverage of the topic as well. A quantitative content analysis has been first used to derive information from a collection of 2602 articles retrieved through a set of specific keywords from different online database. Afterward, a Multiple Correspondence Analysis has been performed to explore and synthetize the collected information into a small number of ‘factors’.
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FrancoAngeli, 2016
È possibile “leggere” le trasformazioni della democrazia avvenute nell’età berlusconiana attraver... more È possibile “leggere” le trasformazioni della democrazia avvenute nell’età berlusconiana attraverso il concetto di plutocrazia demagogica? È questa la sfida che si affronta nel testo, utilizzando un approccio prevalentemente orientato al decision making. Dopo aver ripercorso la “storia” del concetto di plutocrazia e dopo essersi soffermato sulle principali interpretazioni dell’età berlusconiana, il testo procede infatti a un’analisi serrata di tre “casi cruciali” di studio: l’affaire Alitalia; le innovazioni nella Protezione Civile e la gestione dei grandi eventi; lo scudo fiscale.
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Some cross-national divergences in how media represent EU are already notorious and incontrovertible. A difference between UK and all the other countries has been repeatedly stressed by most research on the topic. But are contrasts limited only to UK or do involve also other countries? And do such contrasts, if they exist, allow us to argue that EU is still a part of the media domestic political framework? Or, on the contrary, cross-national differences pale in comparison with the emergence of a common representation of Europe? And is the citizens’ view of Europe somehow linked or does it contradict national media coverage? The chapter will try to answer such questions by illustrating and discussing: a) how the European press has described and interpreted the role of the European institutions, i.e. the EU and the ECB; b) how the European press has made predictions on possible consequences of the crisis, in particular about the reinforcement of the EU role; c) how popular trust in the effectiveness of EU -measured through the Eurobarometer data- is consistent with the emerging trends in the media coverage.
fattori. Fra questi, va inclusa una efficace campagna elettorale, che ha avuto nello Tsunami
tour il suo momento di maggiore visibilità. La doppia natura comizio-spettacolo
del tour ha consentito di recuperare quella centralità della «piazza» come luogo d’incontro
e confronto politico e quella partecipazione trasversale che si erano andati perdendo
nel corso del tempo; la capacità di svelare le criticità e anomalie della situazione
italiana e le accuse rivolte a una classe dirigente corrotta e disumana hanno consentito
a Grillo di far vibrare le corde emotive su cui si strutturano le opinioni e le convinzioni
degli elettori; l’effetto rimbalzo di cui ha goduto il tour ha infine permesso al fondatore
del Movimento 5 stelle di essere sempre presente nei media tradizionali.
as bearing the main responsibility for the crisis? What is the image of the European Union (EU) that has emerged from this coverage? This article aims to answer such questions through a content analysis of four Italian newspapers (Il Sole 24 Ore, Corriere della Sera, la Repubblica and il Giornale) during 11 periods between 2010 and 2012. In our perspective, the topic we address is particularly important for two reasons: first, because the continuing Euro crisis is the most significant threat facing the EU’s very existence since its formation, and second, because the media, through the coverage they provide, contribute to build both Europe and the support it needs to prosper.
Articles by Giovanni Barbieri
basata appunto sul ruolo preponderante svolto dai singoli leader, ognuno
dei quali portatore di uno specifico stile di condotta e di caratteristiche,
politiche e temperamentali, a loro volta uniche e peculiari. Nell’epoca
della spettacolarizzazione, la lotta politica diviene sempre più, nella
rappresentazione mediatica e nella percezione dell’opinione pubblica, scontro tra individualità ‘eccezionali’ (nel bene come nel male). Col rischio di smarrire la dinamica vera e profonda della politica,
riconducibile alla dialettica tra forze sociali, gruppi organizzati e blocchi
d’interesse.
It aims at identifying the main interpretations given to the crisis and at evaluating to what extent such interpretations were influenced by variables such as the national belonging, the newspapers’ typology, and ideological orientation. By applying the technique of the multiple correspondence analysis, we highlighted that the interpretations of the
Euro crisis were organized along four major dimensions: (1) accuracy, (2) magnitude and accountability mechanism, (3) attitude and expectations, and (4) characterization.
Results suggest that facing common problems did not encourage the press of different states to cover the Euro crisis in a similar way. Rather, the most interesting finding appears to be the prevalent intra-country homogeneity that reveals similarities among different newspapers’ types.
come Pareto proponga una lettura del reale basata essenzialmente su opposizioni binarie e come egli propenda per una proficua sintesi fra esse ovvero come egli prediliga sempre quella che può essere definita la “giusta via di mezzo”; si mostra come sia tale lettura sia tale via vengano
applicate allo studio del sistema sociale, di quello economico e, infine, di
quello politico; si rileva infine come, anche da un punto di vista politico, Pareto apprezzi le iniziative e le forme di governo basati su
un “giusto” mix fra l’uso della forza e la ricerca del consenso .
La parte finale di questo contributo è invece mossa dall’obiettivo di
mostrare se e in quale misura il Trattato sia ancora un’opera attuale.
Books by Giovanni Barbieri
Some cross-national divergences in how media represent EU are already notorious and incontrovertible. A difference between UK and all the other countries has been repeatedly stressed by most research on the topic. But are contrasts limited only to UK or do involve also other countries? And do such contrasts, if they exist, allow us to argue that EU is still a part of the media domestic political framework? Or, on the contrary, cross-national differences pale in comparison with the emergence of a common representation of Europe? And is the citizens’ view of Europe somehow linked or does it contradict national media coverage? The chapter will try to answer such questions by illustrating and discussing: a) how the European press has described and interpreted the role of the European institutions, i.e. the EU and the ECB; b) how the European press has made predictions on possible consequences of the crisis, in particular about the reinforcement of the EU role; c) how popular trust in the effectiveness of EU -measured through the Eurobarometer data- is consistent with the emerging trends in the media coverage.
fattori. Fra questi, va inclusa una efficace campagna elettorale, che ha avuto nello Tsunami
tour il suo momento di maggiore visibilità. La doppia natura comizio-spettacolo
del tour ha consentito di recuperare quella centralità della «piazza» come luogo d’incontro
e confronto politico e quella partecipazione trasversale che si erano andati perdendo
nel corso del tempo; la capacità di svelare le criticità e anomalie della situazione
italiana e le accuse rivolte a una classe dirigente corrotta e disumana hanno consentito
a Grillo di far vibrare le corde emotive su cui si strutturano le opinioni e le convinzioni
degli elettori; l’effetto rimbalzo di cui ha goduto il tour ha infine permesso al fondatore
del Movimento 5 stelle di essere sempre presente nei media tradizionali.
as bearing the main responsibility for the crisis? What is the image of the European Union (EU) that has emerged from this coverage? This article aims to answer such questions through a content analysis of four Italian newspapers (Il Sole 24 Ore, Corriere della Sera, la Repubblica and il Giornale) during 11 periods between 2010 and 2012. In our perspective, the topic we address is particularly important for two reasons: first, because the continuing Euro crisis is the most significant threat facing the EU’s very existence since its formation, and second, because the media, through the coverage they provide, contribute to build both Europe and the support it needs to prosper.
basata appunto sul ruolo preponderante svolto dai singoli leader, ognuno
dei quali portatore di uno specifico stile di condotta e di caratteristiche,
politiche e temperamentali, a loro volta uniche e peculiari. Nell’epoca
della spettacolarizzazione, la lotta politica diviene sempre più, nella
rappresentazione mediatica e nella percezione dell’opinione pubblica, scontro tra individualità ‘eccezionali’ (nel bene come nel male). Col rischio di smarrire la dinamica vera e profonda della politica,
riconducibile alla dialettica tra forze sociali, gruppi organizzati e blocchi
d’interesse.
It aims at identifying the main interpretations given to the crisis and at evaluating to what extent such interpretations were influenced by variables such as the national belonging, the newspapers’ typology, and ideological orientation. By applying the technique of the multiple correspondence analysis, we highlighted that the interpretations of the
Euro crisis were organized along four major dimensions: (1) accuracy, (2) magnitude and accountability mechanism, (3) attitude and expectations, and (4) characterization.
Results suggest that facing common problems did not encourage the press of different states to cover the Euro crisis in a similar way. Rather, the most interesting finding appears to be the prevalent intra-country homogeneity that reveals similarities among different newspapers’ types.
come Pareto proponga una lettura del reale basata essenzialmente su opposizioni binarie e come egli propenda per una proficua sintesi fra esse ovvero come egli prediliga sempre quella che può essere definita la “giusta via di mezzo”; si mostra come sia tale lettura sia tale via vengano
applicate allo studio del sistema sociale, di quello economico e, infine, di
quello politico; si rileva infine come, anche da un punto di vista politico, Pareto apprezzi le iniziative e le forme di governo basati su
un “giusto” mix fra l’uso della forza e la ricerca del consenso .
La parte finale di questo contributo è invece mossa dall’obiettivo di
mostrare se e in quale misura il Trattato sia ancora un’opera attuale.