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The Italian Communist Party in the 1980s and the denouement of the Italian party system (2022)
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The role of the Italian Communist Party (P.C.I.) in the denouement of the Italian party system in the early 1990s was decisive, its dissolution helping to trigger the organizational and electoral collapse of the existing parties. If so, the question... Read More about The Italian Communist Party in the 1980s and the denouement of the Italian party system.

Draghi's very Italian fall (2022)
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Bull, M. (2022). Draghi's very Italian fall

The resignation on 21 July 2022 of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi was a classic example of the machinations of Italian politics. The outcome of a manufactured crisis and a manipulation of events by the parties of the right, Draghi’s fall was nei... Read More about Draghi's very Italian fall.

Whatever happened to the Italian Five Star Movement? (2022)
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Bull, M. (2022). Whatever happened to the Italian Five Star Movement?

The Italian Five Star Movement – Movimento 5 Stelle – has undergone a formidable split. This, and declining popularity in opinion polls, marks the twilight of Five Star’s decade-long success – and possibly the end of populist politics in Italy Read More about Whatever happened to the Italian Five Star Movement?.

Journal editing and the Italian Political Science Review (2021)
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Bull, M. (2021). Journal editing and the Italian Political Science Review. Italian political science, 16(1), 46-51

Martin J. Bull is Professor of Politics and Associate Dean for Research & Innovation at the University of Salford, and former Director of the European Consortium of Political Research. He is currently Editor of the Italian Political Science Review an... Read More about Journal editing and the Italian Political Science Review.

The Italian government response to Covid-19 and the making of a prime minister (2021)
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Bull, M. (2021). The Italian government response to Covid-19 and the making of a prime minister. Contemporary Italian Politics, 13(2), 149-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/23248823.2021.1914453

Italy was the first European democracy to be hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. The government’s response, especially in the first wave, was confused, dilatory and inadequate, and the country found itself in an unprecedented public health crisis, leading... Read More about The Italian government response to Covid-19 and the making of a prime minister.

A lesson in Italian democracy from the Maestro (2021)
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Bull, M. (2021). A lesson in Italian democracy from the Maestro. Contemporary Italian Politics, 13(3), 384-387. https://doi.org/10.1080/23248823.2021.1878646

Book review:
A lesson in Italian democracy from the Maestro
Italian democracy. How it works, by Gianfranco Pasquino, London, Routledge, 2019, 248 pp., €41.69 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-138-30186-3

Coronavirus : lessons from Italy on the difficulties of exiting lockdown (2020)
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Bull, M. (2020). Coronavirus : lessons from Italy on the difficulties of exiting lockdown

Having brought cases of infection significantly down, the country is preparing to loosen lockdown measures.

Beating Covid-19: the problem with national lockdowns (2020)
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Bull, M. (2020). Beating Covid-19: the problem with national lockdowns

Lockdowns have now become a fact of life for many countries across the world, but even if they succeed in halting the spread of Covid-19, are they sustainable? This piece argues that lockdowns pose major challenges for European countries and the appr... Read More about Beating Covid-19: the problem with national lockdowns.

Italy’s “Darkest Hour” – how coronavirus became a very real political problem (2020)
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Bull, M. (2020). Italy’s “Darkest Hour” – how coronavirus became a very real political problem

An experiment in following China's lead while trying to respect democratic norms is causing tensions.

Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the ghosts of West European communism live on (2019)
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Germany marked the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 2019. This article argues that alongside the sweeping changes that occurred in central and eastern Europe, the end of the Cold War also had a lasting legacy for western... Read More about Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the ghosts of West European communism live on.

Parliament has breached the spirit and intent of the Fixed-Term Parliament Act, rendering it meaningless (2019)
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By calling an early election, government and parliament have effectively breached both the spirit and intent of the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act. The implications of this outcome are significant and suggest that the act is unlikely to survive another l... Read More about Parliament has breached the spirit and intent of the Fixed-Term Parliament Act, rendering it meaningless.

Whatever happened to the Westminster Model? The 'Italianisation' of British politics (2019)
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The UK was once viewed by political scientists as embodying a distinct majoritarian form of politics – the ‘Westminster Model’ – that stood in contrast to the ‘consensus’ democracies found elsewhere in Europe. Several of the countries in the latter g... Read More about Whatever happened to the Westminster Model? The 'Italianisation' of British politics.

Introduction : towards a better understanding of corruption and anti-corruption (2018)
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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)
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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?

In the eye of the storm : the Italian economy and the eurozone crisis (2018)
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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.

Italian politics in an era of recession : the end of bipolarism? (2018)
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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?.

Matteo Renzi just killed off Italy's centre left (2017)
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Bull, M. (2017). Matteo Renzi just killed off Italy's centre left

Former prime minister Matteo Renzi resigned as leader of the Italian Democratic Party (PD) in February 2017 in a move that left the country’s centre left in ruins. His party was split as a result of his action, giving the far right an opportunity to... Read More about Matteo Renzi just killed off Italy's centre left.

Italy's new Prime Minister can't shake off the stench of a stitch-up (2016)
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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)
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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)
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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?.