Prof Martin Bull's Outputs (92)

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

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

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.

Renzi removed : the 2016 Italian constitutional referendum and its outcome (2017)
Book Chapter

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.

Matteo Renzi just killed off Italy's centre left (2017)
Journal Article
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.

Dal referendum costituzionale alle dimissioni di Renzi (2017)
Book Chapter

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.

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

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

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.

Italian political science and Italian politics : the (Curious) elephant in the room (2015)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (2015). Italian political science and Italian politics : the (Curious) elephant in the room. Contemporary Italian Politics, 7(2), 185-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/23248823.2015.1033927

Using as a starting point the 40th anniversary of Italian political science in 2013 and the volume published to mark this occasion (Pasquino, G., M. Regalia and M. Valbruzzi. Eds. Quarant’anni di scienza politica in Italia. Bologna: il Mulino, 2013),... Read More about Italian political science and Italian politics : the (Curious) elephant in the room.

Institutional reform in Italy to respond to the EU challenge : Renzi’s constitutional reform project (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Bull, M. (2015, January). Institutional reform in Italy to respond to the EU challenge : Renzi’s constitutional reform project. Presented at The 2014 European Elections: Italian Politics and the European Challenge, European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde

This paper evaluates Renzi’s constitutional reform programme by assessing it against the main reasons for its failure to be achieved in the past two decades. The first section outlines the scale of those failures against the expectations of the putat... Read More about Institutional reform in Italy to respond to the EU challenge : Renzi’s constitutional reform project.

Institutions and the political system : a story of failure (2015)
Book Chapter

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

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.

The europeanisation of national institutions reassessed : a comparison of regional policies in Germany and Italy (2013)
Journal Article
Baudner, J., & Bull, M. (2013). The europeanisation of national institutions reassessed : a comparison of regional policies in Germany and Italy. Comparative European Politics, 11, 201-221. https://doi.org/10.1057/cep.2012.17

This article explores an aspect of Europeanisation which notions of ‘adaptive pressure’ and ‘usage’ of European policies have tended to neglect: in a complex policy field such as regional policy it is the evolving nature and heterogeneity of (differe... Read More about The europeanisation of national institutions reassessed : a comparison of regional policies in Germany and Italy.

Editorial. A new venture (2012)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (2012). Editorial. A new venture. Social Sciences, 1(1), 2-3. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci1010002

Even if there ever existed a time when it could be argued that ‘interdisciplinary’ research was unnecessary or a luxury, there can be little doubt that today it is essential to helping understand and solve the world’s problems. And the first building... Read More about Editorial. A new venture.

Southern Europe and the ‘trade off’ : architects of European disunion? (2012)
Book Chapter

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?.

The Italian transition that never was (2012)
Journal Article

The recent argument that the notion of ‘transition’ should be set aside in attempting to explain the trajectory of Italian politics in the past two decades is to be welcomed, but does not go far enough in explaining why we, as Italianists, got our ca... Read More about The Italian transition that never was.