The Fifth Cleavage: Genealogy of the Populist Ideology proposes an in-depth analysis of populism, as one of the central phenomena in the contemporary public and political debate.
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 fo.
In particular, this study aims to investigate the causes of the emergence of populism and its possible effects on the political system and on the democratic institutions.
The Fifth Cleavage: Genealogy of the Populist Ideology proposes an in-depth analysis of populism, as one of the central phenomena in the contemporary public and political debate