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The Italian political system, past, present and future

Contemporary Italian Politics, 2015
At the time of writing, the Renzi government had been in office for nearly a year. When, in February 2014, it had presented itself to the chambers to ask for the confirmatory votes of confidence, t...
James L. Newell, Maurizio Carbone
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The mediatization of politics in the hybrid media system: The case of Italian political journalism

Northern Lights: Film & Media Studies Yearbook, 2017
Abstract Despite the major changes that have occurred in the ecology of media, this article considers mediatization to be still a concept valuable for grasping and interpreting relations among political communication actors. This article analyses the use of Twitter by politicians as evidenced by journalists’ accounts (and practices).
Sergio Splendore, Rossella Rega
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The 2013 elections and the Italian political system

Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 2014
The February 2013 Italian general elections were characterized by the highest volatility to date. Although, thanks to the majority bonus, the Partito Democratico (Democratic Party) obtained the absolute majority of seats in the House of Deputies, it could not be considered the winner of the elections. Lacking a majority in the Senate, it was obliged to
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Rudimentary Political Belief Systems in Four Italian Communities

The Journal of Politics, 1975
T UNDERSTAND the complicated connections between economic change and political life in any setting it is necessary to study the political beliefs of leaders. If socio-economic innovation is to have an impact on politics, it will come by way of opinion leaders who react to and interpret the social milieu for most participants in the political system.1 ...
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The Role of the Italian Communist Party in the Evolution of the Italian Political System

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021
The article looks into the the role of the Italian Communist Party in the evolution of the Italian political system.
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The Italian broadcasting system between politics and the market

Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 2000
Silvio Berlusconi's success in the European elections of 1999 reopened the Italian debate over the leader of Forza Italia's conflict of interests in the media and politics. This question is one among many that currently concern the relationship between the media, the market and politics in Italy.
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Coalition Agreements in the Italian Political and Institutional System

Israel Law Review, 1992
1. In recent years, negotiations between parliamentary factions in Italy have had an increasing impact on the process of government formation. The frequency of such negotiations and resulting coalition agreements necessitates a more thorough examination of this phenomenon in order to understand the interaction between coalition agreements and ...
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The Italian political system anddétente(1963 - 1981)

Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 2004
This article examines the impact of detente on the Italian political system, linking together internal and international dynamics in both the political and the economic spheres. Relying on various new archival sources, it analyzes the conflicting effects on Italy of both the relaxing of Cold War tension and bipolarism, and the 'bipolar' strategy to ...
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Political Competition, Electoral System and Corruption: the Italian case [PDF]

, 2012
Economic and political literature widely studied the effects of electoral system on corruption. But very little attention has been dedicated to the role of political competition in explaining this relationship. We hypothesize that the proportionality degree of the electoral system impacts political corruption directly and in a conditional way: through ...
Alfano, M. Rosaria, Baraldi, A. Laura, Cantabene, C.   +2 more
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The Italian political system in the last twenty years: change, adaptation or unfinished transition?

Contemporary Italian Politics, 2015
The goal of this special issue is to analyse how the Italian political system has changed in the last 20 years and, depending on the outcome of this analysis, to (re)locate Italy in the context of contemporary democracies. How different is Italian democracy today compared to the democracy of the so-called First Republic?
Grimaldi S, E De Giorgi
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