All Outputs (5)

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.

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?.

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?.

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.