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Italian politics in an era of recession : the end of bipolarism? (2018)
Journal Article
Bull, M., & Pasquino, G. (2018). Italian politics in an era of recession : the end of bipolarism?. South European Society and Politics, 23(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/13608746.2018.1436493

Italian politics have undergone momentous change in the 2007–2017 decade under the impact of the eurozone crisis, whose peak in 2011–2013 could be equated to the earlier watershed years of 1992–1994. The lasting impact of the upheaval in Italian poli... Read More about Italian politics in an era of recession : the end of bipolarism?.

Renzi removed : the 2016 Italian constitutional referendum and its outcome (2017)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (2017). Renzi removed : the 2016 Italian constitutional referendum and its outcome. In A. Chiaramonte, & A. Wilson (Eds.), Italian Politics: The Great Reform that Never Was (131-153). Oxford: Berghahn

The 2016 Constitutional referendum in Italy was only the third constitutional referendum held in the Italian Republic, and was on a constitutional reform proposal which would have re-written about a third of the Italian Constitution. Its chief protag... Read More about Renzi removed : the 2016 Italian constitutional referendum and its outcome.

Dal referendum costituzionale alle dimissioni di Renzi (2017)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (2017). Dal referendum costituzionale alle dimissioni di Renzi. In A. Chiaramonte, & A. Wilson (Eds.), Politica in Italia. I fatti dell'anno e le interpretazioni. Edizione 2017 (143-166). Bologna: Il Mulino

On 4 December 2016, Italians voted on a significant constitutional reform proposal, only the third constitutional reform proposal in the history of the Italian Republic. The proposal promised to rewrite about a third of the Constitution. They were pr... Read More about Dal referendum costituzionale alle dimissioni di Renzi.

Italy's new Prime Minister can't shake off the stench of a stitch-up (2016)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (2016). Italy's new Prime Minister can't shake off the stench of a stitch-up

Only days after its prime minister resigned over a lost referendum, Italy found itself with a new government and a new prime minister, Paolo Gentiloni. But however smooth the transition was, the turbulent circumstances that led up to it were far from... Read More about Italy's new Prime Minister can't shake off the stench of a stitch-up.

Is Italy about to feel the Trump effect? Matteo Renzi's referendum and the populist threat (2016)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (2016). Is Italy about to feel the Trump effect? Matteo Renzi's referendum and the populist threat

This article, published in the run-up to a constitutional referendum held in Italy on 4 December 2016, analyses the impact of the election of Donald Trump to the American presidency on the unfolding referendum campaign in Italy. It argues that it has... Read More about Is Italy about to feel the Trump effect? Matteo Renzi's referendum and the populist threat.

Open access and academic associations in the political and social sciences : threat or opportunity? (2016)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (2016). Open access and academic associations in the political and social sciences : threat or opportunity?. European Political Science, 15, 201-210. https://doi.org/10.1057/eps.2015.88

Academic associations are a vital part of the academic community, facilitating the interaction of researchers and production of knowledge, yet the impact of Open Access on their future has been too often regarded as marginal to the main discussion. O... Read More about Open access and academic associations in the political and social sciences : threat or opportunity?.

Introduction; open access in the social and political sciences : threat or opportunity? (2016)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (2016). Introduction; open access in the social and political sciences : threat or opportunity?. European Political Science, 15(2), 151-157. https://doi.org/10.1057/eps.2015.82

This article introduces a Symposium which brings together the academic and publishing industry in two key countries (the UK and the US) to analyse and assess the implications of Open Access (OA) journal publishing in the social and political sciences... Read More about Introduction; open access in the social and political sciences : threat or opportunity?.

A ‘perfect storm’ : institutional reform in Italy after the 2013 national elections (2016)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (2016). A ‘perfect storm’ : institutional reform in Italy after the 2013 national elections. In J. Edelmann (Ed.), Crisis as a Permanent Condition? The Italian Political System between Transition and Reform Resistance (79-98). Germany: Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783845257044-79

This chapter analyses the impact of the 2013 elections on the institutional reform debate in Italian politics in the context of a thirty year failure to secure what are regarded as essential reforms. The first part of the chapter summarises this long... Read More about A ‘perfect storm’ : institutional reform in Italy after the 2013 national elections.

The Pentapartito (2015)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (2015). The Pentapartito. In E. Jones, & G. Pasquino (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199669745.013.23

The pentapartito was the five-party governing coalition which, aside from two brief interruptions, held governmental office in Italy between June 1981 and April 1991. The parties making up the coalition were: Christian Democracy (DC), the Italian Soc... Read More about The Pentapartito.

Italian political science and Italian politics : the (Curious) elephant in the room (2015)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (2015). Italian political science and Italian politics : the (Curious) elephant in the room. Contemporary Italian Politics, 7(2), 185-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/23248823.2015.1033927

Using as a starting point the 40th anniversary of Italian political science in 2013 and the volume published to mark this occasion (Pasquino, G., M. Regalia and M. Valbruzzi. Eds. Quarant’anni di scienza politica in Italia. Bologna: il Mulino, 2013),... Read More about Italian political science and Italian politics : the (Curious) elephant in the room.

Institutional reform in Italy to respond to the EU challenge : Renzi’s constitutional reform project (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Bull, M. (2015, January). Institutional reform in Italy to respond to the EU challenge : Renzi’s constitutional reform project. Presented at The 2014 European Elections: Italian Politics and the European Challenge, European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde

This paper evaluates Renzi’s constitutional reform programme by assessing it against the main reasons for its failure to be achieved in the past two decades. The first section outlines the scale of those failures against the expectations of the putat... Read More about Institutional reform in Italy to respond to the EU challenge : Renzi’s constitutional reform project.

Institutions and the political system : a story of failure (2015)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (2015). Institutions and the political system : a story of failure. In A. Mammone, E. Parini, & G. Veltri (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Italy: History, Politics and Society (103-114). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315709970

This chapter first outlines the institutional framework and the functioning of the Italian political system until the early 1990s; then, second, documents the rise of institutional reform from the early 1980s and especially its trajectory since the e... Read More about Institutions and the political system : a story of failure.

Political corruption in Europe (2014)
Book Chapter
Bull, M., & Newell, J. (2014). Political corruption in Europe. In J. Magone (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of European Politics (669-685). London: Routledge

This chapter analyses: first the growth, diversification and types of corruption in Europe; second, the causes and dynamics at the heart of corrupt transactions; third, the effects of corruption (on the economy and the political system); and finally,... Read More about Political corruption in Europe.

The europeanisation of national institutions reassessed : a comparison of regional policies in Germany and Italy (2013)
Journal Article
Baudner, J., & Bull, M. (2013). The europeanisation of national institutions reassessed : a comparison of regional policies in Germany and Italy. Comparative European Politics, 11, 201-221. https://doi.org/10.1057/cep.2012.17

This article explores an aspect of Europeanisation which notions of ‘adaptive pressure’ and ‘usage’ of European policies have tended to neglect: in a complex policy field such as regional policy it is the evolving nature and heterogeneity of (differe... Read More about The europeanisation of national institutions reassessed : a comparison of regional policies in Germany and Italy.

Southern Europe and the ‘trade off’ : architects of European disunion? (2012)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (2012). Southern Europe and the ‘trade off’ : architects of European disunion?. In J. Hayward, & R. Wurzel (Eds.), European Disunion : Between Sovereignty and Solidarity. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137271358

This chapter views the southern European enlargement of the EU in the 1980s and the EU-southern European relationship as based on a form of ‘trade-off’ between ‘solidarity’ on the one hand and ‘sovereignty’ or ‘discipline’ on the other. It suggests... Read More about Southern Europe and the ‘trade off’ : architects of European disunion?.

Architects of disunion? Southern Europe, the crisis and the European Union (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Bull, M. (2011, September). Architects of disunion? Southern Europe, the crisis and the European Union. Presented at European Disunion: The Multidimensional Power Struggles, Holiday Inn Hull Marina (University of Hull)

This paper views the southern European enlargement in the 1980s and the EU-southern European relationship as based on a form of ‘trade-off’ between ‘solidarity’ on the one hand and ‘discipline’ on the other. It will suggest that, while the ‘trade-off... Read More about Architects of disunion? Southern Europe, the crisis and the European Union.

Maestri of political science (2011)
Book
(2011). D. Campus, G. Pasquino, & M. Bull (Eds.), Maestri of political science. University of Essex: ECPR Press

This book continues the editors' work (started in the volume Masters of Political Science) of highlighting and re-evaluating the contributions of the most important political scientists who have gone before. Its basis is the belief that the future de... Read More about Maestri of political science.