Contemporary Italian Politics

Vox populi. Il voto ad alta voce del 2018

The willing suspension of disbelief: the contract for government and the budget

The new map of political consensus. What is new in the wave of support for the populists?

The state of the Italian Republic

Government policy and the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean and African arenas

Between social movements and the constraints of government: the Five-Star Movement in Turin

The PD and social-democratic parties in Europe

The implementation of Italian asylum policy and the recognition of protection in times of crisis: between external and internal constraints

From the Porcellum to the Rosatellum: ‘political elite-judicial interaction’ in the Italian laboratory of electoral reforms

The Mediterranean migration crisis: humanitarian practices and migration governance in Italy

Rejecting constitutional reform in the 2016 Italian referendum: analysing the effects of perceived discontent, incumbent performance and referendum-specific factors

A shallow rationalisation? ‘Merger mania‘ and side-effects in the reorganisation of public-service delivery

Waiting for something to happen: Italian politics in the run-up to the European elections

The trajectory of the Jobs Act and the politics of structural reforms between counter-reforms and ambiguity

The populist revolution and the fight against inequality. The Conte government between the ‘quota cento’ and the ‘citizens’ income’

Italy’s new government and the migrant crisis

Political elites and immigration in Italy: party competition, polarization and new cleavages

Re-shaping the political space: continuity and alignment of parties in the Italian parliament

What is an anti-system party? Some clarifications

Introduction: The Five-star Movement from the street to local and national institutions

Ruling Rome with five stars

The end of Gulliver’s travels: MPs and leaderisation in the Italian parliament

Politics and big data. Nowcasting and forecasting elections with social media

Media use, political efficacy and anti-immigrant feelings in host countries

Silvio Berlusconi. A study in failure

Italian migration policy between perceptions and practices

Introduction

The Five-star Movement inside the institutions in Sicily: from ‘swimming the Strait’ to institutionalisation in local politics

The role of the International Organization for Migration and the UNHCR in the EU and Italy: Still entrapped by a securitization approach to Mediterranean migration?

The complex process of implementation of migratory policies in Italy

La Germania sospesa