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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.

New avenues in the study of political corruption (1997)
Journal Article
Bull, M., & Newell, J. (1997). New avenues in the study of political corruption. Crime, Law and Social Change, 27(3/4), 169-183. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1008232802273

This article argues that the 1990s have witnessed a sea change in the study of political corruption, especially in political science. It explores the reasons for the relative neglect of corruption by political science in the past, and suggests that a... Read More about New avenues in the study of political corruption.

Between crisis and transition : Italian politics in the 1990s (1997)
Journal Article
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.

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.

The West European communist movement in the late twentieth century (1995)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.