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Party organisations and alliances in Italy in the 1990s : a revolution of sorts (1997)
Journal Article
Newell, J., & Bull, M. (1997). Party organisations and alliances in Italy in the 1990s : a revolution of sorts. West European Politics, 20(1), 81-109. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402389708425176

This study analyses the changes which have taken place in Italian political parties and the alliances they have formulated in the 1990s, changes which are visible at three levels: the disappearance of old parties and their replacement with new organi... Read More about Party organisations and alliances in Italy in the 1990s : a revolution of sorts.

Between crisis and transition : Italian politics in the 1990s (1997)
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Bull, M., & Rhodes, M. (1997). Between crisis and transition : Italian politics in the 1990s. West European Politics, 20(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402389708425172

The Italian political system is both dynamic and sclerotic, adaptable and blocked, and with a surprising degree of institutional inertia. While some aspects of the system are adjusting to the new challenges of the decade, other areas are adapting muc... Read More about Between crisis and transition : Italian politics in the 1990s.

The West European communist movement in the late twentieth century (1995)
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Bull, M. (1995). The West European communist movement in the late twentieth century. West European Politics, 18(1), 78-97. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402389508425058

This article evaluates the impact of the revolutions in central and eastern Europe in 1989 on west European communist parties, identifying three broad different trajectories of development that these parties have pursued, and signalling the end of th... Read More about The West European communist movement in the late twentieth century.

The crisis of socialism in Europe : Searching for a (really) big idea (1993)
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Bull, M. (1993). The crisis of socialism in Europe : Searching for a (really) big idea. West European Politics, 16(3), 413-423. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402389308424982

This Review Article reviews a number of books which are a product of the collapse of communism in central and eastern Europe in 1989. The article evaluates the impact of the revolutions in central and eastern Europe not only on the regimes themselves... Read More about The crisis of socialism in Europe : Searching for a (really) big idea.

The corporatist ideal-type and political exchange (1992)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (1992). The corporatist ideal-type and political exchange. Political Studies, XL(2), 255-272. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9248.1992.tb01383.x

This article challenges the consistency and coherence of the concept of neo-corporatism by exploring its characteristics as an ideal-type and relating it to the concept of political exchange. It argues that, in its existing form, it has limited use v... Read More about The corporatist ideal-type and political exchange.

Distant thunder at a picnic : the Sicilian regional elections of June 1991 (1992)
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Bull, M. (1992). Distant thunder at a picnic : the Sicilian regional elections of June 1991. Regional and Federal Studies, 2(3), 76-87. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597569208420850

This article analyses the outcome of the Sicilian regional elections of June 1991 which, it is argued, were a harbinger of the dramatic changes that would occur in the Italian general election nearly a year later, and which would mark the biggest uph... Read More about Distant thunder at a picnic : the Sicilian regional elections of June 1991.

Whatever happened to Italian communism? Explaining the dissolution of the largest communist party in the west (1991)
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Bull, M. (1991). Whatever happened to Italian communism? Explaining the dissolution of the largest communist party in the west. West European Politics, 14(4), 96-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402389108424878

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 Italian Communist Party's twentieth congress and the painful birth of the Democratic Party of the left (1991)
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Bull, M. (1991). The Italian Communist Party's twentieth congress and the painful birth of the Democratic Party of the left. Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 7(2), 257-264. https://doi.org/10.1080/13523279108415087

This article analyses the final congress of the largest communist party in the West (the Italian Communist Party), marking its transformation into the non-communist Democratic Party of the Left. The article analyses the transformation process as well... Read More about The Italian Communist Party's twentieth congress and the painful birth of the Democratic Party of the left.

A new era for the non-rulers too : West European communist parties, Perestroika and the revolution in Eastern Europe (1991)
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Bull, M. (1991). A new era for the non-rulers too : West European communist parties, Perestroika and the revolution in Eastern Europe. Politics, 11(1), 17-22. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9256.1991.tb00188.x

The revolutions in central and eastern Europe have naturally focused attention on the collapse of the ruling parties of these regimes and the regimes themselves. This has tended to overlook the impact of this collapse on the non-ruling communist part... Read More about A new era for the non-rulers too : West European communist parties, Perestroika and the revolution in Eastern Europe.

The 'new beginning' : the Italian Communist Party under Achille Occhetto (1990)
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Bull, M., & Daniels, P. (1990). The 'new beginning' : the Italian Communist Party under Achille Occhetto. Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 6(3), 22-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/13523279008415035

This article analyses the ongoing transformation of the Italian Communist Party into a non-communist party of the left under the leadership of Achille Occhetto following the collapse of communist regimes in central and eastern Europe. The article ana... Read More about The 'new beginning' : the Italian Communist Party under Achille Occhetto.

Perestroika is catching : the Italian Communist Party elects a new leader (1989)
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Bull, M. (1989). Perestroika is catching : the Italian Communist Party elects a new leader. Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 5(1), 79-83. https://doi.org/10.1080/13523278908414956

This article analyses the election in 1988 of Achille Occhetto to the leadership of the Italian Communist Party and the implications of this event for unprecedented reform (in a liberal direction) of the party and for Italian politics more generally