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The title says it all – i.e., the failed December 2016 constitutional referendum in Italy wasn’t an anti-establishment vote per se. After all, 1) its chief proponent – Prime Minister Renzi – first emerged as an anti-establishment leader, and 2) the proposed reform was presented as an anti-establishment measure. The text’s author closes her analysis by discussing how the political situation in Italy is likely to unfold following Renzi’s resignation.