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La risposta del governo italiano al Covid-19 e la "costruzione" di un primo ministro (2021)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (2021). La risposta del governo italiano al Covid-19 e la "costruzione" di un primo ministro. In A. Giovannini, & L. Mosca (Eds.), Politica in Italia. I fatti dell'anno e le interpretazioni. Edizione 2021 (57-78). Bologna: Mulino

This chapter (which is an Italian translation of an article published in Contemporary Italian Politics) analyses the Italian government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the period until the end of 2020, and the impact this had on the political... Read More about La risposta del governo italiano al Covid-19 e la "costruzione" di un primo ministro.

The radical left since 1989 : decline, transformation, and revival (2019)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (2019). The radical left since 1989 : decline, transformation, and revival. In E. Braat, & P. Corduwener (Eds.), 1989 and the West : Western Europe since the end of the Cold War (247-265). London: Routledge

This chapter assesses the trajectory and fortunes of the radical left in the period since 1989 as a means of providing a perspective on the significance of the 1989 events for this political area. After contextualising the importance of the 1989 revo... Read More about The radical left since 1989 : decline, transformation, and revival.

In the eye of the storm : the Italian economy and the eurozone crisis (2018)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (2018). In the eye of the storm : the Italian economy and the eurozone crisis. In M. Bull, & G. Pasquino (Eds.), Italy Transformed: Politics, Society and Institutions at the End of the Great Recession (13-28). Abingdon, UK: Routledge (Taylor & Francis)

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.

Introduction : Italian politics in an era of recession : the end of bipolarism? (2018)
Book Chapter
Bull, M., & Pasquino, G. (2018). Introduction : Italian politics in an era of recession : the end of bipolarism?. In M. Bull, & G. Pasquino (Eds.), Italy Transformed: Politics, Society and Institutions at the End of the Great Recession (1-12). Abingdon, UK: Routledge (Taylor & Francis)

Italian politics have undergone momentous changes 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 pol... Read More about Introduction : 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.

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.

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.

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?.

A long quest in vain : institutional reforms in Italy (2009)
Book Chapter
Bull, M., & Pasquino, G. (2009). A long quest in vain : institutional reforms in Italy. In M. Bull, & M. Rhodes (Eds.), Italy - A contested polity (14-35). Abingdon & New York: Routledge

Of all the issues that have been regarded as necessary to stabilising Italian politics following the dramatic upheaval of the 1990s, none has been more important than constitutional and institutional reforms. Yet, there has been an unqualified failur... Read More about A long quest in vain : institutional reforms in Italy.

The Constitutional Referendum of June 2006 : end of the "Grande Riforma" but not of reform itself' (2008)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (2008). The Constitutional Referendum of June 2006 : end of the "Grande Riforma" but not of reform itself'. In J. Briquet, & A. Mastropaolo (Eds.), Italian politics : the center-left's poisoned victory (99-118). New York: Berghahn

This chapter analyses the constitutional referendum of June 2006 in Italy, analysing the campaign, evaluating the results and assessing the impact on Italian politics.

The constitutional referendum of June 2006 : end of the 'Great Reform' but not of reform itself (2007)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (2007). The constitutional referendum of June 2006 : end of the 'Great Reform' but not of reform itself. In J. Briquet, & A. Mastropaolo (Eds.), Italian Politics: The Center-Left's Poisoned Victory (99-118). Oxford: Berghahn

This chapter analyses the origins of the constitutional referendum of June 2006, its significance, the campaign, the result and the implications of the result for Italian politics, arguing that while the referendum ended the idea of a 'grande riforma... Read More about The constitutional referendum of June 2006 : end of the 'Great Reform' but not of reform itself.

Political corruption in Italy (2003)
Book Chapter
Newell, J., & Bull, M. (2003). Political corruption in Italy. In M. Bull, & J. Newell (Eds.), Corruption in Contemporary Politics (37-49). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Corruption in Italy presents something of a paradox. On the one hand, it is perceived as extensive. In the mid-1990s, for example, Paul Ginsborg branded the country as 'one of the most corrupt democracies in Europe'; on the other hand, notwithstandin... Read More about Political corruption in Italy.

Whatever happened to Italian communism? Explaining the dissolution of the largest communist party in the west (1998)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (1998). Whatever happened to Italian communism? Explaining the dissolution of the largest communist party in the west. In Italy. Aldershot: Dartmouth

This article, by analysing three different approaches to west European communism in the political science literature, attempts to explain how and why the largest communist party in the West, the Italian Communist Party, took the decision to dissolve... Read More about Whatever happened to Italian communism? Explaining the dissolution of the largest communist party in the west.

The unremarkable death of the Italian Communist Party (1991)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (1991). The unremarkable death of the Italian Communist Party. In F. Sabetti, & R. Catanzaro (Eds.), Italian Politics: A Review (23-39). London: Pinter; Bergahn

This chapter analyses the dramatic years of 1988-1989 when the leadership of the Italian Communist Party presented, within a year of each other, two successive proposals to transform itself into a 'new party', the first before the revolutions in cent... Read More about The unremarkable death of the Italian Communist Party.

From pluralism to pluralism : Italy and the corporatist debate (1988)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (1988). From pluralism to pluralism : Italy and the corporatist debate. In A. Cox, & N. O'Sullivan (Eds.), The Corporate State: Corporatism and the State Tradition in Western Europe. London: Edward Elgar

This chapter analyses the application of the concept and practice of neo-corporatism to the relationship between the state, business and trade unions in post-war Italy, finding the Italian case to be distinctive and different to trends elsewhere.