Fathers of the Lega: Populist Regionalism and Populist Nationalism in Historical Perspective

This book investigates the historical roots of the Italian Republic’s oldest surviving political party, the populist far right Lega (Nord), tracing its origins to post-war Italy.

George Newth is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Bath. Researching links between regionalism, nationalism, the far right and populism, his publications examine the Lega (Nord)’s ideology in relation to Movements for Regional Autonomy (2018), populist regionalism (2019), (anti)-fascism (2022), Euroscepticism (2022), and contentious politics (2022).