Marco Tarchi (born 11 October 1952 in

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Marco Tarchi
) is an Italian

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

. He is currently

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Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

Political Theory Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and legitimacy of political institutions, such as states. This field investigates different forms of government, ranging from d ...

and

Political Communication Political communication is the study of political messaging that is communicated, usually to the public e.g. political campaigns, speeches and political advertising, often concerning the mass media. It is an interdisciplinary field that draws f ...

at the Cesare Alfieri School of Political Sciences of the

University of Florence The University of Florence ( Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Firenze'') (in acronym UNIFI) is an Italian public research university located in Florence, Italy. It comprises 12 schools and has around 50,000 students enrolled. History The f ...

.Personal page at University of Florence
His research is focused primarily on

populism Populism is a essentially contested concept, contested concept used to refer to a variety of political stances that emphasize the idea of the "common people" and often position this group in opposition to a perceived elite. It is frequently a ...

democracy Democracy (from , ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which political power is vested in the people or the population of a state. Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitiv ...

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, and the

extreme right Far-right politics, often termed right-wing extremism, encompasses a range of ideologies that are marked by ultraconservatism, authoritarianism, ultranationalism, and nativism. This political spectrum situates itself on the far end of the ...

. He obtained his

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in Political Science at the University of Florence in 1987. In the same university, he was an

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with tenure in Political Science from 1993 to 1998 and then an

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from 1998 to 2001. He has been a full professor since 2001. He was also a

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at the universities of

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(1993, 1996–1998, 2003, 2007),

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and

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(2004), and del Rosario (2008).

Bibliography

* ''Partito unico e dinamica autoritaria'',

Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

: Akropolis, 1981 * ''La "rivoluzione legale"'',

Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...

: Il Mulino, 1993 * ''"Destra e sinistra: due essenze introvabili"'', in Democrazia e diritto, 1, 1994, pp. 381–396 * ''Cinquant'anni di nostalgia. La destra italiana dopo il fascismo''.

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

: Rizzoli, 1995 (interview of Antonio Carioti) * ''Esuli in patria. I fascisti nell'Italia repubblicana''.

Parma Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...

: Guanda, 1995 * ''The Dissatisfied Society. The Roots of Political Change in Italy'', in

European Journal of Political Research The ''European Journal of Political Research'' (EJPR) is a major journal of European political science sponsored by the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). It is one of the most highly respected journals in the discipline, and th ...

, 1, 1996, pp. 41–63 * ''Italy: the Northern League'', in L. de Winter and H. Türsan (eds), ''Regionalist Parties in Western Europe''.

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

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, 1998 * ''Estrema destra e neopopulismo in Europa'', in ''

Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during ...

'', 2, 1998 * ''Italy: Early Crisis and Collapse'', in D. Berg-Schlosser and J. Mitchell (eds), ''Conditions of Democracy in Europe'', 1918–1938.

: Macmillan, 2000. * ''L' Italia populista. Dal qualunquismo ai girotondi'', il Mulino, 2003, * ''Il fascismo. Teorie, interpretazioni, modelli'',

Bari Bari ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia Regions of Italy, region, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy. It is the first most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy. It is a port and ...

: Laterza, 2003 * ''Contro l'americanismo'', Laterza

: Laterza, 2004 * ''La rivoluzione impossibile. Dai Campi Hobbit alla nuova Destra'',

Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ...

: Vallecchi, 2010 * ''Italia populista. Dal qualunquismo a Beppe Grillo'',

: Il Mulino, 2014

References

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