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The Italian parliament: In search of a new role?
The Journal of Legislative Studies, 2003The consolidation of Italian democracy dates back to the early 1950s. This half-century – a rather long period compared to the other Southern European countries – is now traditionally perceived as being composed of two different time intervals. The first 40 years were marked by continuous crises but even more by an overall political stagnation, and the
CAPANO, GILIBERTO, Giuliani M.
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The Italian Parliament at work, 1861–1876
Parliaments, Estates and Representation, 2005SUMMARY Francesco Soddu examines the composition and the procedure of the two Italian chambers during the period of the so-called Destra storica (the Historical Right) (1861–76). The Italian Parliament was composed of an elective chamber, whose members were elected by a narrow electorate, and an upper chamber, whose members were appointed by the king ...
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The Italian parliament in the European Union
Contemporary Italian Politics, 2020Elected parliaments are the core and one of the fundamental institutional pillars of modern representative democracies.
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Italian Parliament Passes Controversial University Reforms
Science, 2010The latest attempt to reform Italy's archaic university system passed an important milestone last week when the Italian Parliament's lower house approved a proposed law aimed at eliminating nepotism in academic appointments as well as improving the quality of teaching and research.
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Religion at the European Parliament: the Italian case
Religion, State and Society, 2014Italy is a predominantly Catholic country that developed historically on the basis of a strong, dominant religion and weak state institutions. Yet, openly clerical parties, direct advocates of the interests of the Catholic Church, have nowadays virtually disappeared and the relevance of the religious cleavage is decreasing, in favour of a more indirect
Braghiroli, Stefano, Sandri, Giulia
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The Italian Parliament in the European Union
2017"The Lisbon Treaty states that national Parliaments shall contribute to a better functioning of the EU. Can they really do it and therefore enrich the European democracy? How far can they extend their original sovereignty without distorting political responsibilities that should be geared upon the European Parliament? The authors analyze the experience
LUPO, NICOLA, PICCIRILLI, GIOVANNI
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Secret Voting in the Italian Parliament
2015The main purpose of this chapter is to map out the use of secret voting in the Italian Parliament from the Constitution of the Kingdom of Italy of 1848 to the post war Italian Republic until its abolition in 1988.
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Robustness of Legislative Procedures of the Italian Parliament
2016The Italian Constitution allows different procedures for approving the laws. In this paper we analyze their “strength” correlating their higher or lower use with the “strength” of the government and of the Parliament, measured through two parameters, the governability and the fragmentation.
De Michelis, Chiara, FRAGNELLI, Vito
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Italy’s digital renaissance: Lessons from the Italian Parliament and Italian Patent Office
Journal of Information Technology Teaching CasesThis teaching case explores the digital transformations of two key Italian institutions: the Parliament and the Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi (UIBM) Intellectual Property and Trademark Office (IPTO). Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for operational continuity, these institutions adopted innovative digital solutions to streamline ...
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