Corruption, Ideology, and Populism

The Rise of Valence Political Campaigning

Luigi Curini (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XVII, 206 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-56734-1 (ISBN)

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This book investigates the ideological conditions inducing political actors to highlight corruption issues through valence campaigns. Using case studies and comparative analyses of party programmes, legislatives speeches and social media data, the author demonstrates that the more parties and/or candidates present a similar policy programme, the more they rely on valence campaigns. In other words, as the ideologies of parties have become increasingly similar over recent decades, the content of political competition has substantially shifted from policy to non-policy factors, such as corruption issues. These dynamics, and the ideological considerations underpinning them, also provide a novel perspective on recent phenomena in contemporary democracies, such as the growth of negative campaigning, as well as populist strategies based on anti-elite rhetoric. The book will appeal to students and scholars interested in political corruption, valence politics, populism and electoral campaigning.

Luigi Curini is Associate Professor at the University of Milan, Italy, and Visiting Professor at Waseda University of Tokyo, Japan. He was selected for the 2016 International Visitor Leadership Program by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. His recent publications include Politics and Big Data: Nowcasting and Forecasting Elections with Social Media (with A. Ceron and SM. Iacus, 2017) and Why Policy Representation Matters: The Consequences of Ideological Congruence between Citizens and their Governments (with W. Jou and V. Memoli, 2015).

Chapter 1. Political corruption and valence issues.- Chapter 2. The ideological incentive for campaigning on corruption issues.- Chapter 3. Political corruption in legislative speeches: the Italian way (1946-2014).- Chapter 4. Political corruption in electoral programmes: a comparative perspective.- Chapter 5. Political corruption on Twitter: the 2014 European Electoral campaigning.- Chapter 6. Conclusion: which implications?.

Erscheinungsdatum	12.08.2017
Zusatzinfo	XVII, 206 p. 30 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	423 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
Schlagworte	campaigning on corruption issues • corruption campaigns in the 2016 US election • Elections & referenda • Elections & referenda • electoral accountability • Electoral Politics • Legislative and Executive Politics • legislative speeches • party manifestoes • Policy Issues • Political Accountability • political campaign issues • political communication • political corruption in Italy • political corruption in Japan • political corruption in the US • Political Science & Theory • Political Science and International Studies • Political Science & Theory • political structure & processes • Political structure & processes • politics & government • Politics & government • populist politics • spatial theory of voting • valence issues
ISBN-10	3-319-56734-9 / 3319567349
ISBN-13	978-3-319-56734-1 / 9783319567341
Zustand	Neuware