The Rise of “Technopopulism” in Europe

Technocracy and populism are normally seen as opposites, but new political parties in Europe appear to be combining the two in novel ways and upsetting the traditional left-right divide. On February 15, 2021, our guest is Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, Associate Professor of Political Science at the City College of New York and the Graduate Center, CUNY, and we discuss the rise of Europe’s technopopulist parties, such as the Five Star Movement in Italy, La Republique en Marche in France, and Podemos in Spain. Will these novel party organizations upend the traditional left-right divide? Transcript: http://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/2021/02/15/the-rise-of-technopopulism-in-europe/

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