Southern European Challenger Parties against the Mainstream: Podemos, SYRIZA, and MoVimento 5 Stelle in Comparative Perspective

This book focuses on the rise of new challenger parties and the magnitude of their impact on political systems and the existing political order in Southern Europe in the aftermath of the Great Recession.

Examining Podemos (Spain), SYRIZA (Greece), and M5S (Italy), it highlights the differences and commonalities between them and their voters.

The book reveals whether these parties were effectively able to change the status quo represented by mainstream parties and, secondly, whether they creat...