Italian politics under Renzi and beyond: transformation or stagnation? is the topic of the CONGRIPS Panel at the 2016 APSA Annual Conference that will take place in Philadelphia on Thursday 1 September, 8:00 to 9:30 (room tbc).
The appointment of Matteo Renzi to the Prime Minister of Italy in 2014 and his subsequent outstanding victory in the European elections of June 2014 looked set to introduce an era of transformative change in Italian politics. After more than two years it is possible to take stock and evaluate to what extent Italian politics under Renzi is undergoing genuine change or possibly stagnating. It is also important to understand the Renzi period by locating it within a broader context of ongoing change in different sectors, which can often be illuminated through comparison. This panel brings together specialists currently researching contemporary Italian politics to analyse these questions.
Chaired by Professor Martin Bull, the panel will include the following papers:
Maurizio Carbone (Univeristy of Glasgow) and Simona Piattoni (University of Trento), ‘Renzi’s Government and the Primacy of Politics’
Sergio Fabbrini (Luiss Guido Carli), ‘Although necessary, is Renzi’s Leadership also sufficient for changing Italy?’
Patrik Vesan (University of Aosta Valley), ‘Renzi’s Jobs Act: a new era for the Italian Labour Market Policy’
Piero Ignazi (University of Bologna), ‘Italian Party Financing in Comparative Perspective’
Vincent Della Sala (University of Trento), ‘Political Change and Stability in Russia and Italy’