The Italian General Election Of 2018

Author : Luigi Ceccarini,James L. Newell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030136178

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The Italian General Election of 2018 by Luigi Ceccarini,James L. Newell Pdf

This book provides a lively and comprehensive account of the unprecedented Italian general election of 2018 and of its profound significance for Italy and beyond. The contributions in this volume cover the political, economic and international contexts in which the vote took place, and consider the main election contenders in the run-up to the election as well as the campaigns. The book further examines the election outcome, analysing the votes and discussing the impact of the election on the turnover of parliamentary personnel as well as examining the outcome from the viewpoint of government formation.

Author : Ursula van Beek
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031091230

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Democracy under Pressure by Ursula van Beek Pdf

This book identifies the main factors shaping the fortunes of democracy globally. Why do some democracies in the same region and presumably subject to similar global influences remain stable while others regress? This is the question guiding all the authors of this edited book. In the search for answers, they examine 16 democracies in paired and tripled comparisons in sub-Saharan Africa, North and Latin America, East Asia, Western and Central Europe, along with two polar cases. Insights from the perspectives of history, political science, economics and international relations are offered along with a sketch of possible future scenarios. Combining approaches anchored in the analytical tradition with empirical case studies and given the broad range of topics, this book is bound to be of interest not only to students and practitioners of democracy but also to the broader academic and general readership.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004435148

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2019 European Elections by Anonim Pdf

The volume aims to combine the overall view on the role of the 2019 European Parliament elections in shaping the future European project with relevant case studies.

Author : James L. Newell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000228441

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Italy’s Contemporary Politics by James L. Newell Pdf

In early 2020 Italy was a country whose political parties stood as significant obstacles in the way of resolution of its social and economic problems. The purpose of this book is to help the reader to understand how Italian politics had reached this point. It does this by tracing the most significant processes of political, economic and social change to have marked Italian history in recent years back to their roots in the Italian political system as it emerged at the end of the Second World War. Starting with the restoration of democracy, the volume discusses the post-war party system and how it came under increasing pressure from the mid-1970s. From there it discusses the political upheavals of the early 1990s and the transformations they led to, the rise and fall of Silvio Berlusconi, and the watershed election of 2018. In short, the book provides a narrative. Narratives tell us who we are, where we have come from, where we are now and where we are going. Without them, we cannot make sense of the world. At the end of this narrative, if it has done its job properly, Italian politics and current affairs should ‘make sense’ if before they seemed confusing.

Author : Chiara Bonacchi
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781787358010

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Heritage and Nationalism by Chiara Bonacchi Pdf

How was the Roman Empire invoked in Brexit Britain and in Donald Trump’s United States of America, and to what purpose? And why is it critical to answer these kinds of questions? Heritage and Nationalism explores how people’s perceptions and experiences of the ancient past shape political identities in the digital age. It particularly examines the multiple ways in which politicians, parties and private citizens mobilise aspects of the Iron Age, Roman and Medieval past of Britain and Europe to include or exclude ‘others’ based on culture, religion, class, race, ethnicity, etc. Chiara Bonacchi draws on the results of an extensive programme of research involving both data-intensive and qualitative methods to investigate how pre-modern periods are leveraged to support or oppose populist nationalist arguments as part of social media discussions concerning Brexit, the Italian Election of 2018 and the US-Mexican border debate in the US. Analysing millions of tweets and Facebook posts, comments and replies, this book is the first to use big data to answer questions about public engagement with the past and identity politics. The findings and conclusions revise and reframe the meaning of populist nationalism today and help to build a shared basis for the democratic engagement of citizens in public life in the future. The book offers a fascinating and unmissable read for anyone interested in how the past and its contemporary legacy, or ‘heritage’, influence our ‘political’ thinking and feeling in a time of hyper-interconnectivity.

Author : Fabio Bordignon,Luigi Ceccarini,James L. Newell
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031292989

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Italy at the Polls 2022 by Fabio Bordignon,Luigi Ceccarini,James L. Newell Pdf

Italian politics has changed course yet again. Thanks to the outcome of the 2022 general election, a coalition dominated, for the first time, by a party of the far right has taken office under Giorgia Meloni, the first woman to serve as prime minister in Italy’s republican history. Italy has always been a kind of ‘political laboratory’ for Western democracies – one in which new political phenomena have developed with considerable potency. Consequently, the electoral analyses presented in this book make it possible for the reader to understand the challenges and related consequences that established democracies are currently facing, beyond Italy.

Author : James L. Newell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134341702

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Italian Politics by James L. Newell Pdf

This book presents a comprehensive and incisive exploration of the intricacies of the Italian political system. Written in a lucid and informative style, the work features: an examination of Italian political history from 1943 to the present day an analysis of the governmental system, the constitutional framework, the core institutions, the electoral system and the key parties an analysis of the role of contemporary pressure groups and social movements including environmental, labour and institutional organisations discussions of important topical issues, such as corruption and organised crime an exploration of Italian foreign policy towards the EU, the US and the wider world a wide range of examples, tables and figures. Italian Politics: Exploring the Dynamics of Political Change is an indispensable resource for students and scholars delving into Italian politics, Italian studies, European politics/studies, political systems and comparative politics.

Author : Vittorio Mete
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000635416

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Anti-politics in Contemporary Italy by Vittorio Mete Pdf

This book explores the discourses, attitudes and behaviours of professional politicians and ordinary citizens alike characterized by hostility towards the political sphere, political parties and, above all, professional politicians. It furnishes a clear, consistent depiction of the anti-politics phenomenon in general using Italy as a “laboratory” where anti-politics is widespread. After an original reconstruction of the concept of anti-politics, the author charts the rise of Silvio Berlusconi, the success of Umberto Bossi's Northern League, the resounding electoral victories of the Five Star Movement and the League (La Lega), all rooted in the anti-political rhetoric of Italy's leaders and the anti-political sentiment of its population. The author also traces the socio-political profile of the anti-political citizens of the main European democracies. This broad, consistent view of anti-politics will attract academics, journalists and policy makers interested in anti-politics in Italy and elsewhere. Students and scholars of party politics, party leaders, democracy and political participation will also find the volume of great interest.

Author : Gianfranco Pasquino
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351401081

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Italian Democracy by Gianfranco Pasquino Pdf

This textbook, from one of Italy’s most eminent scholars, provides broad coverage and critique of Italian politics and society. Providing the readers with the knowledge necessary to understand the working of the Italian political system, it also offers answers to some of the most important challenges facing the country – and other contemporary democracies – today, such as populism, anti-politics and corruption. Critical but underpinned by thorough data and analysis, it presents alternative views alongside the author’s interpretation. Crucially, the book uses a comparative framework to explain Italy’s transformation and evaluate its performance. Comparing the rules, institutions, parties and actors at work in the most important European political systems – France, Germany, Great Britain – with those in Italy, the Italian context is better understood and assessed in contrast. This text will be essential reading for students and scholars of Italian politics and European politics, and more broadly for comparative politics and democracy.

Author : David Taras,Richard Davis
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780472902699

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Electoral Campaigns, Media, and the New World of Digital Politics by David Taras,Richard Davis Pdf

Today, political leaders and candidates for office must campaign in a multimedia world through traditional forums—newspapers, radio, and television—as well as new digital media, particularly social media. Electoral Campaigns, Media, and the New World of Digital Politics chronicles how Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, email, and memes are used successfully and unsuccessfully to influence elections. Each of these platforms have different affordances and reach various audiences in different ways. Campaigns often have to wage different campaigns on each of these mediums. In some instances, they are crucial in altering coverage in the mainstream media. In others, digital media remains underutilized and undeveloped. As has always been the case in politics, outcomes that depend on economic and social conditions often dictate people’s readiness for certain messages. However, the method and content of those messages has changed with great consequences for the health and future of democracy. This book answers several questions: How do candidates/parties reach audiences that are preoccupied, inattentive, amorphous, and bombarded with so many other messages? How do they cope with the speed of media reporting in a continuous news cycle that demands instantaneous responses? How has media fragmentation altered the campaign styles and content of campaign communication, and general campaign discourse? Finally and most critically, what does this mean for how democracies function?

Author : Luigi Ceccarini,Rosanna De Rosa,James L. Newell
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030913700

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Constituency Communication in Changing Times by Luigi Ceccarini,Rosanna De Rosa,James L. Newell Pdf

This volume employs a comparative approach to cast light on representation and representative processes from a communications perspective. It focuses on online constituency communication, aiming to provide a perspective from which to empirically study the changes taking place in the relationship between citizens and their representatives. The (hyper)mediatisation of politics and society is here considered a relevant enabling factor, because it creates the conditions leading to change in the nature of democratic processes. The chapters discuss Podemos, the Lega, Law and Justice, and the Five-star Movement as good examples of this phenomenon. Populist and nationalist forces have emerged as bottom-up and top-down entities aiming to embody the will of the people, or to push for democratic processes to be more inclusive. Until now, however, the intersection between populist and nationalist discourses and the related question of representation have been largely ignored. By analysing the transformations that have taken place in MPs’ communication practices in non-election periods, the contributors illuminate how social media is affecting MPs’ communication and examine the strains in the relationship between executives and legislatures that populist and nationalist parties exploit.

Author : Gilda Sensales
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031440731

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Political Psychology Perspectives on Populism by Gilda Sensales Pdf

Author : Guillermo Cordero,Eva H. Önnudóttir,Xavier Coller
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9782832508312

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Beyond the Secret Garden of Politics: Internal Party Dynamics of Candidate Selection by Guillermo Cordero,Eva H. Önnudóttir,Xavier Coller Pdf

Author : Giacomo Delledonne,Giuseppe Martinico,Matteo Monti,Fabio Pacini
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030374013

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Italian Populism and Constitutional Law by Giacomo Delledonne,Giuseppe Martinico,Matteo Monti,Fabio Pacini Pdf

This edited volume explores the relationship between constitutionalism and populism in the Italian context. Italian populism is of interest to comparative lawyers for many reasons. Firstly, the country has a long-lasting tradition of anti-parliamentarism over the course of its history as a unitary state. After the 2018 general election, it has turned into the first European country in which two self-styled populist parties formed a coalition government. Although it collapsed in August 2019, many issues that it had raised remain. Secondly, as Italy is a founding member of the European Communities, the constitutional implications of populist politics have to be considered not only within the national framework but also in a wider context. This book argues that the relationship between populism and constitutionalism should not be seen in terms of mutual exclusion and perfect opposition. Indeed, populism frequently relies on concepts and categories belonging to the language of constitutionalism (majority, democracy, people), offering a kind of constitutional counter-narrative.

Author : Daniele Albertazzi,Davide Vampa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429771026

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Populism and New Patterns of Political Competition in Western Europe by Daniele Albertazzi,Davide Vampa Pdf

This book analyses how party competition has adjusted to the success of populism in Western Europe, whether this is non-populists dealing with their populist competitors, or populists interacting with each other. The volume focuses on Western Europe in the period 2007–2018 and considers both right-wing and left-wing populist parties. It critically assesses the concept and rise of populism, and includes case studies on Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, the United Kingdom, Greece, and Italy. The authors apply an original typology of party strategic responses to political competitors, which allows them to map interactions between populist and non-populist parties in different countries. They also assess the links between ideology and policy, the goals of different populist parties, and how achieving power affects these parties. The volume provides important lessons for the study of political competition, particularly in the aftermath of a crisis and, as such, its framework can inform future research in the post-Covid-19 era. This wide-ranging study will appeal to students and scholars of political science interested in populism and political competition; and will appeal to policy makers and politicians from across the political spectrum.