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Article: Collapse of stout party. (decline of political parties) (Editorial)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- November 27, 1993
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WHAT do the rise of a glamorous neo-fascist in Naples and the fall of a glamorous Tory in British Columbia have in common? Maybe not much. But it is just possible that the rout of the ruling parties in Italy last weekend and in Canada last month are part of the same phenomenon. Certainly, voters in both countries turned to regional and protest parties in unprecedented numbers, putting Alessandra Mussolini into a run-off to become mayor of Naples (see page 47) and sending Kim Campbell, after a brief spell as prime minister of Canada, into political oblivion. Certainly, voters in other established democracies are showing signs of an increasing readiness to desert the familiar ...
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