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How Did Economic Success Breed Anti-System Politics? Communities of Fate and Low-Road Firms in the Rise of the Lega Nord
Why do far-right, anti-system parties thrive in prosperous regions? This study examines the Lega Nord’s rise in 1990s Northern Italy, …
Matias Giannoni
Frustrated Expectations: Firm-Based Origins of Anti-System Politics
This article proposes a firm-based theory to explain the rise of anti-system politics, emphasizing the influence of firms on political …
Matias Giannoni
From the Factory Floor to the Ballot Box - Firm-Based Origins of Brazil's Populist Right
This article examines the firm-level roots of anti-system political attitudes, focusing on Jair Bolsonaro’s rise in Brazil. Using …
Matias Giannoni
The Cycle of Protest and the Stability of Violence through Social Media Images: An Application of Convolutional Neural Networks to the Gilets Jaunes Acts
Matias Giannoni
Last updated on Sep 14, 2022
Voting Against the Chief: The Historical Roots of Contentious Politics in South Africa
Matias Giannoni, Rorisang Lekalake
Last updated on Sep 14, 2022
When Opportunism Knocks: Political Parties and Land Occupations during COVID-19 in Argentina and South Africa
Matias Giannoni, Rorisang Lekalake
Last updated on Sep 14, 2022
Who Benefits from Informality? Middle Classes and the Distributional Consequences of Informality
This paper explores how middle-class employers structure informal urban labor markets. I explore the politics of forbearance and show …
Matias Giannoni