Suarez, Nicolas2021-05-042021-05-042021-05https://hdl.handle.net/2144/42460This thesis analyzes the exact nature of far-right European populism through an extensive historical case study of the Italian far right party known as Lega. Analysis observes not only the development of a populist regionalist party (Lega Nord) into a far-right nationalist one (Lega), but also analyzes the presence of charismatic populist leaders respectively (i.e. Umberto Bossi and Matteo Salvini)en-USCC0 1.0 Universalhttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/Thesis/Dissertation