Matteo Renzi: A ‘Leftist Berlusconi’ for the Italian Democratic Party?

Fabio Bordignon

South European Society and Politics, 2014, vol. 19, issue 1, 1-23

Abstract: Matteo Renzi's rise to the leadership of the Democratic Party brings to the heart of the centre-left the leadership model imposed upon the Italian scene by Berlusconi in the early 1990s. A post-ideological, anti-political and innovative type of leadership, which has proved to be highly effective in attracting electoral support and media attention. Yet a type of leadership that clashes with the cultural and organisational roots of the centre-left. The article frames the experience of the new party Secretary, focusing on his political history, public narrative and style of communication.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/13608746.2014.887240

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