BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute\, along with the Center for European Stu dies is proud to host Professor Paolo Graziano.Over the past decades\, neo populism has become a key phenomenon in several European and non-European democracies\, and it has opened a series of conceptual\, theoretical\, ana lytical\, and normative questions. Conceptually\, defining and distinguish ing neopopulism from other contemporary political phenomena has become a t rue challenge\, whereas theoretically\, neopopulism is still underdevelope d. Analytically\, populism has been studied from a number of (sometimes co nflicting) perspectives\, and from a normative perspective\, it has often been simply seen as a threat to democracy. After a brief conceptual and th eoretical introduction – by taking the Italian case as an illustration of neopopulist parties’ emergence and consolidation – Graziano will distingui sh between two main varieties of neopopulism\, identify the determinants o f populist parties’ success\, and analyze the possible consequences on a c onsolidated democracy like the Italian one. Graziano will conclude with so me reflections for future studies. \;Paolo Graziano is professor of po litical science at the University of Padua\; research associate at the Eur opean Social Observatory\, Brussels\; and Chercheur Associé at Sciences Po \, Paris. He has held visiting positions at a number of universities\, inc luding—among others—Cornell University\, University of Cambridge\, Univers ity of Oxford\, Sciences Po in Paris\, University of Melbourne\, Universit y of Washington\, European University Institute\, University of Roskilde\, University of Amsterdam\, and University of California Berkeley. He is co -editor of Governance (2018-Present) and former president (2019-2020) of t he APSA Conference Group on Italian Politics (CONGRIPS). His research inte rests include Europeanization\, European public policy\, comparative welfa re state politics and policies\, social movements\, (neo)populism\, and ur ban participatory democracy. DTEND:20230427T235000Z DTSTAMP:20260312T164658Z DTSTART:20230427T223000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Neopopulism and the Challenges to Democracy: Italy in Comparative P erspective UID:RFCALITEM639089164186969938 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Moynihan Institute\, along with the Cen ter for European Studies is proud to host Professor Paolo Graziano.

Over the past decades\, neopopulism has become a key phenomenon in several European and non-European democracies\, and it has opened a series of con ceptual\, theoretical\, analytical\, and normative questions. Conceptually \, defining and distinguishing neopopulism from other contemporary politic al phenomena has become a true challenge\, whereas theoretically\, neopopu lism is still underdeveloped. Analytically\, populism has been studied fro m a number of (sometimes conflicting) perspectives\, and from a normative perspective\, it has often been simply seen as a threat to democracy. Afte r a brief conceptual and theoretical introduction – by taking the Italian case as an illustration of neopopulist parties’ emergence and consolidatio n – Graziano will distinguish between two main varieties of neopopulism\, identify the determinants of populist parties’ success\, and analyze the p ossible consequences on a consolidated democracy like the Italian one. Gra ziano will conclude with some reflections for future studies. \;

Paolo Graziano is professor of political science at the University of Pad ua\; research associate at the European Social Observatory\, Brussels\; an d Chercheur Associé at Sciences Po\, Paris. He has held visiting positions at a number of universities\, including—among others—Cornell University\, University of Cambridge\, University of Oxford\, Sciences Po in Paris\, U niversity of Melbourne\, University of Washington\, European University In stitute\, University of Roskilde\, University of Amsterdam\, and Universit y of California Berkeley. He is co-editor of Governance (2018-Present) and former president (2019-2020) of the APSA Conference Group on Italian Poli tics (CONGRIPS). His research interests include Europeanization\, European public policy\, comparative welfare state politics and policies\, social movements\, (neo)populism\, and urban participatory democracy.

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