Book chapters
Corruption in European Municipalities: the view of local councillors
Bologna, Il Mulino
(EN: The relevance of Italian political science and the access to institutions), pp.127-141, ISBN: 978-88-15-39026-
ESI, pp. 269-293 ISBN: 978-88-495-5066-5
(EN: From two-faced Janus to the State barycenter. Intergovernmental relations between State and Regions in Italy in the first two years of the pandemic
pp. 75-88 ISBN: 978-88-6938-371-7
(EN: Left-wish: the left-right collocation of the electorate at the Italian Democratic Party’s primaries) A key finding in the analysis of the Democratic Party primaries concerns the left-right placement of the selectorate. On the occasion of Elly Schlein's election as Secretary in 2023, our data show a further sharp shift to the left of the PD selectorate. This characterization is generalized and particularly pronounced in the portion of selectors who supported Schlein. But it is also a historical result, since never before has the PD selectorate been placed so far to the left. This chapter will analyze the facets that have emerged from the empirical evidence of our research, both by contextualizing the data on the left-right placement of the PD selectorate in 2023 compared to previous surveys and by dwelling on the internal differences related to various subgroups of the selectorate itself. Download Chapter PDF
in Weidenfeld W./ Wessels W. (eds) Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration 2023, Baden Baden, Nomos, pp. 527-532,
ISBN: 978-3-7560-0446-1
in Loughlin J./ Callanan M. (eds) A research agenda for sub-national government
Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, pp. 149–162
[ISBN 9781839106637, doi: 10.4337/9781839106644.00015]
This chapter provides an overview of recent developments in subnational representative democracy and considers the role played by new political actors. A review of the literature on political cleavages introduces populism and mobilization around ‘new politics’ issues, which have led to a shift in the traditional patterns of political competition. A reflection on the presence of ‘non-partisan’ actors in the local and regional electoral arena also suggests that the rise of ‘civic’ or ‘local’ lists and independent candidates poses new challenges to traditional ‘statewide’ parties. Finally, since the changes in the electoral dimension have affected the composition of local and regional governments, their implications for subnational policy-making processes and the quality of democracy are addressed. The conclusion highlights the importance of exploring in more detail the ‘multi-level’ nature of contemporary populism by considering how it might be linked not only to ‘ethno-regionalism’ but also to ‘state-wide’ nationalism.
Politika 2021. Annuario di politica dell’Alto Adige, Raetia, Bozen, pp. 299-318 [ISBN: 9788872837719] (EN: The 2020 local elections in Trentino: light-and-shade results for all parties)
in Degni M. (a cura di), IV Rapporto Cà Foscari sui comuni 2021 - La risposta dei comuni alla crisi pandemica, Castelvecchi, Roma, [ISBN 9788832905991], pp.114-133
(EN: Municipal amalgamations and electoral participation: the Italian (counter)trend)
in M. Valbruzzi (ed), L’Italia sovranista e la sfida all’Europa. Le elezioni europee ed amministrative 2019, pp. 233-241, Bologna, Istituto Cattaneo
[ISBN: 978-88-941126-6-5; ISSN: 2611-5778; DOI: 10.31484/2611-5778_41]
(EN: Germany: the Green Wave at the 2019 EU election)
in F. Niglia e D. Pasquinucci (a cura di), La Germania nell’Unione Europea. Stereotipi e ruolo storico
pp. 123-142, Istituto Italiano Studi Germanici [ISBN: 9788895868400]
(EN: Germany between Continuity and New Scenarios)
in A. Grasse, M. Grimm, J. Labitzke (eds.), Italien zwischen Krise und Aufbruch. Reformen und Reformversuche der Regierung Renzi, pp. 31-58, VS, Wiesbaden,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-16092-0_2
(EN: Political and Institutional Changes at the National Level: the Ghost of a new Transition)
in Piattoni S., Carbone, M. (a cura di), Politica in Italia, pp. 87-106, Bologna, Il Mulino [ISBN: 9788815266224]
in Piattoni S., Carbone, M. (eds.), Italian Politics. Governing under Constraint, pp. 80-98, Oxford/NY, Berghahn, [doi:10.3167/ip.2016.310106; ISBN: 978-1-78533-568-6]
in Sadioglu U., Dede K. (a cura di), Theoretical Foundations and Discussions on the Reformation Process in Local Governments, pp. 265-287, Hershey, IGI
[ISBN: 9781522503170],
doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0317-0.ch011
In the last decades Italy faced a long political transition, which displayed its effects also on the institutional policy of this country. The changes occurred in these years on local and meso-governments will be scrutinized in this chapter looking at the different strategies adopted. Remapping local government in Italy fundamentally meant three different ‘R-approaches': a Re-allocation of legal power (decentralization in the light of NPM) (from 1990 to 2000); a Re-shaping of the institutional setting (devolution) in favour of subsidiarity (from 2001 to 2009); a Re-scaling of functions in terms of recentralization (upscaling) and a search for an optimal territorial scale in times of economic crisis (since 2008).
in Eid. (a cura di), La retorica della razionalizzazione. Il settore pubblico italiano negli anni dell’austerity, pp. 9-23, Bologna, Istituto Cattaneo
[e-ISBN: 9788894112610; ISBN: 9788894112696]
(EN: Organizational and Territorial Rationalization between the Economic Crisis and the post-NPM Wave)
in Eid. (a cura di), La retorica della razionalizzazione. Il settore pubblico italiano negli anni dell’austerity, pp. 177-198, Bologna, Istituto Cattaneo
[e-ISBN: 9788894112610; ISBN: 9788894112696]
(EN: The Rhetoric of Rationalization)
in Calise M., Musella F. (eds), Concetti chiave,
pp. 167-177, Bologna, Il Mulino
[ISBN: 9788815267900]
(EN: Political Participation)
in Bolgherini S., Grimaldi S. (a cura di), Tripolarismo e destrutturazione. Le elezioni regionali del 2015, pp. 9-41, Bologna, Istituto Cattaneo [ISBN: 9788894112603]
(EN: The End of Italian Regional Bipolarism)
in D'Ottavio G., Saalfeld T. (eds.), The German Election of 2013: Breaking the Mould of Post-Unification Politics?, pp. 181-202, Farnham, Ashgate ISBN: 978-1472444394
Political parties are facing serious challenges in Europe, as more generally in advanced democracies. Decreasing party identification, increasing anti-party sentiments, fragmentation and personalization, rise of fringe parties: the catalogue is long and well known by now (Webb 2011). Although some recent works point to more mixed evidence on the crucial matter of party decline (Norris 2011; Dalton et al. 2011), parties nonetheless are in trouble. This is particularly evident in countries where the global economic crisis, which started in 2007–8, has hit hard, like in Southern Europe (Verney and Bosco 2013). These challenges include decreasing electoral turnout and high mobilization of social movements – such as the Indignados in Spain 2011 – but also the breakthrough of new political parties – for instance, Golden Dawn in Greece 2012 and the Five Star Movement (M5S) in Italy, which gained 25 per cent in the 2013 polls. Turnout decline is part of a longer trend that involves most European countries (Franklin 2004), including those where parties are still deemed to command a reasonable amount of trust. On this topic, we now have a rich literature. On the other side, new parties have only recently started to attract a great deal of scholarly attention (Lucardie 2000; Deschouwer 2008; Litton 2013). True, the two latest party families that rose to national prominence in many European countries during the 1980s – Green parties and, especially, radical-right populists, henceforth RRP – have been widely researched (Müller-Rommel and Poguntke 2001; Mudde 2013). However, the situation is different for more recently born parties (defined here as parties born in the past decade).
in S. Bolgherini, P. Messina (a cura di), Oltre le Province. Enti intermedi in Italia e in Europa, Padova University Press [ISBN: 9788897385967]
(EN: Territorial Reform and Institutional Sustainability: A Comparative Introduction)
in S. Bolgherini, P. Messina (a cura di), Oltre le Province. Enti intermedi in Italia e in Europa, Padova University Press [ISBN: 9788897385967]
(EN: Governance in small rural areas: the case of Ämter in German Land Brandeburg)
in S. Bolgherini, P. Messina (a cura di), Oltre le Province. Enti intermedi in Italia e in Europa, Padova University Press [ISBN: 9788897385967]
(EN: Territorial and Institutional Governance in the Andalusian Mancomunidades)
in Valbruzzi M., Vignati R. (a cura di), L'Italia e l'Europa al bivio delle riforme, Bologna, Istituto Cattaneo, pp. 243-253
[ISBN: 978-88-904357-9-9]
(EN: Germany: European stability, domestic challenges)
in D’Ottavio G., Saalfeld T. (a cura di), La Germania della Cancelliera. Le elezioni del 2013 all’ombra della crisi europea. Bologna, Il Mulino, 2014, pp. 207-232 [ISBN: 9788815254856]
in O. Niedermayer (ed.), Die Parteien nach der Bundestagswahl 2009, VS Verlag, Wiesbaden, pp. 307-324
[ISBN: 9783531179353]
(EN: In the Shadow of the Grand Coalition? Federal Politics and Regional elections in Germany during the Merkel governments),
in N. Oddone, M.A. Lopez (compiladores), Ciudades y los Poderes Locales en las Relaciones Internacionales Contemporáneas, Granada, UIM, pp. 301-325
[ISBN: 9788493777715]
(EN: Municipalities in the EU: the long way of the fourth level in Europe)
in G. Pasquino e F. Venturino (a cura di), Il Partito Democratico di Bersani. Persone, profilo, prospettive,
Bologna, Bononia University Press, pp. 103-120
[ISBN: 9788873955610]
(EN: Participation in the Italian Democratic Party)
in Id. (a cura di), La politica e le radici, Novara, Liviana,
pp. XV-XLVIII [ISBN: 9788876756429]
(EN: At the roots of Politics)
in C. Fusaro (a cura di), Governi locali e regionali in Europa fra sistemi elettorali e scelte di voto, Firenze, SISE,
pp. 257-278 [ISBN: 9788890781803/9788896074237]
(EN: German regional elections and Grand Coalition during the first Merkel government)
S. Bolgherini, F. Grotz (2010), Politica multi-livello ed elezioni nei Länder
F. Grotz, S. Bolgherini (2010), Conclusioni. L’ombra lunga della Grande coalizione pp. 251-264
in Id. (a cura di) (2010), La Germania di Angela Merkel, Bologna, Il Mulino, [ISBN: 9788815138538] DOI: 10.978.8815/229700
in Id. (eds.), Germany after the Grand Coalition. Governance and Politics in a Turbulent Environment. New York, Palgrave, pp. 1-11
[ISBN: 9780230622852], doi: 10.1057/9780230115415_1
S. Bolgherini, F. Grotz (2010), Multi-level Party Politics during the Grand Coalition: Electoral Outcomes at Länder Level,
in Id. (eds.), Germany after the Grand Coalition. Governance and Politics in a Turbulent Environment. New York, Palgrave, pp. 49-68
[ISBN: 9780230622852], doi: 10.1057/9780230115415_4
F. Grotz, S. Bolgherini (2010), Conclusion: The Long Shadows of the Grand Coalition
in Id. (eds.), Germany after the Grand Coalition. Governance and Politics in a Turbulent Environment. New York, Palgrave, pp. 1-11
[ISBN: 9780230622852], doi: 10.1057/9780230115415_1
S. Bolgherini, F. Grotz (2010), Multi-level Party Politics during the Grand Coalition: Electoral Outcomes at Länder Level,
in Id. (eds.), Germany after the Grand Coalition. Governance and Politics in a Turbulent Environment. New York, Palgrave, pp. 49-68
[ISBN: 9780230622852], doi: 10.1057/9780230115415_4
F. Grotz, S. Bolgherini (2010), Conclusion: The Long Shadows of the Grand Coalition
in Id. (eds.), Germany after the Grand Coalition. Governance and Politics in a Turbulent Environment. New York, Palgrave, pp. 195-206
[ISBN: 9780230622852], doi: 10.1057/9780230115415_12
in T. Lowi, M. Calise, Hyperpolitics. An Interactive Dictionary of Political Science Concepts. Chicago, University of Chicago Press,
p. 169-170 [ISBN: 9780226091013]
in G. Pasquino, F. Venturino (a cura di), Le primarie comunali in Italia, Bologna, Il Mulino, pp. 47-69
[ISBN: 9788815130914]
(EN: Primary elections in the city of Aversa)
in F. Massart-Piérard (sous la dir.), L'action extérieure des entités subétatiques: étude comparée, l'Union européenne et l'Amérique du Nord, UCL, Presses Universitaires de Louvain, pp. 105-122
[ISBN: 9782874631283]
(EN: The International Power of Italian Regions along a decade of reforms)
in D. Hough, C. Jeffery (eds.), Devolution and Electoral Politics, Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp. 140-156
[ISBN:978-0-7190-7330-4, ISBN10:0-7190-7330-8]
in Reynié, Dominique (sous la direction), Les européens en 2003, Paris, Odile Jacob - Fondation Robert Schuman, pp. 147-195
[ISBN: 273811248X
(EN: The participation of the Regions to the EU Committee of the Regions)
in T. Fischer, S. Frech (Hrsg.) Baden-Württemberg und seine Partnerregionen, Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, pp. 147-178
(EN: Lombardy Region)
