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Introduction : towards a better understanding of corruption and anti-corruption (2018)
Journal Article
Bull, M., & Heywood, P. (2019). Introduction : towards a better understanding of corruption and anti-corruption. European Political Science, 18, 185-188. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-018-0152-0

Despite widespread interest in corruption and how to root it out, the problem continues to grow. Anti-corruption strategies and methods have proved ineffective in achieving lasting reductions in corruption. Anti-corruption academic research has not b... Read More about Introduction : towards a better understanding of corruption and anti-corruption.

Italy election : how populist Five Star Movement is wrecking government hopes for the mainstream (2018)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (2018). Italy election : how populist Five Star Movement is wrecking government hopes for the mainstream

Italy's political future hangs in the balance – will it see another chaotic grand coalition, or take an anti-EU populist step into the unknown?

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?.

In the eye of the storm : the Italian economy and the eurozone crisis (2018)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (2018). In the eye of the storm : the Italian economy and the eurozone crisis. South European Society and Politics, 23(1), 13-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/13608746.2018.1433477

The eurozone crisis had a more significant and longer-lasting impact on Italy than on virtually any other member state, with the effects still visible a decade after. The extent of the shock was surprising in view of progress Italy had apparently mad... Read More about In the eye of the storm : the Italian economy and the eurozone crisis.