Understanding the impact of Covid-19 emergency

The Covid-19 outbreak has triggered an unprecedented worldwide crisis entailing serious consequences at both the political and the social level. The health emergency hit Italy particularly hard. For understanding what happened and – most of all – for having a more clear idea of what is going on and what we should expect for the future, we propose here a selection of blogs focusing on the topic:

‘This is what European disintegration looks like’, IISS Blog, 28 April 2020 (by Erik Jones)

‘Coronavirus: Lessons from Italy on the difficulties of exiting lockdown’, The Conversation, 27 April 2020 (by Martin J. Bull)

‘Beating Covid-19: the problem with national lockdowns’, LSE EUROPP (European Politics and Policy) Blog, 26 March 2020 (By Martin J. Bull)

Italians are taking real steps to fight the coronavirus — but big political challenges are lurking, Monkey Cage, The Washington Post, 18 March 2020 (by Erik Jones)

Italy’s COVID-19 Lessons for the World, US News, 20 March 2020 (by Erik Jones)

‘Italy’s “Darkest Hour” – how coronavirus became a very real political problem’, The Conversation, 9 March 2020 (by Martin J. Bull)

 

 

Euroscepticism in Italy from the Onset of the Crisis: Tired of Europe?

Conti, N., Marangoni, F., & Verzichelli, L. (2020). Euroscepticism in Italy from the Onset of the Crisis: Tired of Europe?. South European Society and Politics, https://doi.org/10.1080/13608746.2020.1757885

Attitudes towards the European Union (EU) have changed deeply in Italy: the level of support for EU membership has dramatically declined among Italian citizens and, especially after the 2018 elections, the Italian government has often been on a collision course with the EU. Continue reading “Euroscepticism in Italy from the Onset of the Crisis: Tired of Europe?”

Politics in Italy 2020 edition

A tale of two populisms: The League and the Five-star Movement in power – Edited by Manuela Moschella and Martin Rhodes in Contemporary Italian Politics 2020, Volume 12, Issue 2.

Contemporary Italian Politics has hosted the English-language version of the latest edition of ‘Politica in Italia. I fatti dell’anno e le interpretazioni‘ dedicated to 2019. Following the usual rationale of the Series published every year by il Mulino, the volume offers description and analysis of the most significant economic, social and political events of the year in Italy.

This is a must-read for Italianists and comparativists looking for a better understanding of Italian political and social context.

Continue reading “Politics in Italy 2020 edition”

Was Mattarella worth the trouble? Explaining the failure of the 2016 Italian constitutional referendum

Was Mattarella worth the trouble? Explaining the failure of the 2016 Italian constitutional referendum

Fedra Negri and Elisa Ribessi

Italian Political Science Review / Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica

https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2017.29 

Published online: 21 January 2018

Continue reading “Was Mattarella worth the trouble? Explaining the failure of the 2016 Italian constitutional referendum”

Measuring mediated deliberation in a comparative perspective: An analysis of Italian, French and Spanish newspapers

Measuring mediated deliberation in a comparative perspective: An analysis of Italian, French and Spanish newspapers

Gianfranco Pomatto and Antonella Seddone

Representation

https://doi.org/10.1080/00344893.2017.1414713

Published online: 17 Jan 2018 Continue reading “Measuring mediated deliberation in a comparative perspective: An analysis of Italian, French and Spanish newspapers”

How do international norms matter? The impact of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women in Italy

How do international norms matter? The impact of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women in Italy

Alessia Donà

Italian Political Science Review / Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica

https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2017.28 

Published online: 08 January 2018

Continue reading “How do international norms matter? The impact of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women in Italy”

Like Leaves in the Wind? Economic Conditions and Government Survival in Italy (1946–2015)

Like Leaves in the Wind? Economic Conditions and Government Survival in Italy (1946–2015)

Luca Pinto

South European Society and Politics 

https://doi.org/10.1080/13608746.2017.1398626

Published online: 15 Nov 2017

Continue reading “Like Leaves in the Wind? Economic Conditions and Government Survival in Italy (1946–2015)”

The size and shape of the Italian interest system between the 1980s and the present day

The size and shape of the Italian interest system between the 1980s and the present day

Renata Lizzi and Andrea Pritoni

Italian Political Science Review / Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica 

Volume 47, Issue 3, November 2017, pp. 291-312

Continue reading “The size and shape of the Italian interest system between the 1980s and the present day”