2016
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2016.1146137
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Declining partisan representation at the sub-national level: assessing and explaining the strengthening oflocal listsin Italian municipalities (1995–2014)

Abstract: In Western democracies political representation at the national level is still dominated by (old and new) political parties. This paper shows that, instead, the representative role of parties may have declined at the local level. In Italy, for instance, the average share of municipal seats held by non-partisan councillors has almost tripled in the last twenty years. By using an original dataset, this paper classifies different types of Italian local lists, assesses their relationship with traditional parties a… Show more

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“…There is evidence that this operationalised variable is also strongly correlated with left-wing representation in municipal councils and can therefore be used as a proxy of the latter variable 5 . At the same time, regional councils provide a better picture of sub-national political equilibria than municipal councils, where 'local lists', which are not formally partisan, cannot always be easily classified by referring to left-right politics (Vampa, 2016). Lastly, sub-national spending data used for the dependent variable are aggregated regionally by the Ministry, suggesting that municipalities are embedded in a regional social system where regional institutions provide the legislative/regulative framework and set spending priorities.…”
Section: Multivariate Modelmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There is evidence that this operationalised variable is also strongly correlated with left-wing representation in municipal councils and can therefore be used as a proxy of the latter variable 5 . At the same time, regional councils provide a better picture of sub-national political equilibria than municipal councils, where 'local lists', which are not formally partisan, cannot always be easily classified by referring to left-right politics (Vampa, 2016). Lastly, sub-national spending data used for the dependent variable are aggregated regionally by the Ministry, suggesting that municipalities are embedded in a regional social system where regional institutions provide the legislative/regulative framework and set spending priorities.…”
Section: Multivariate Modelmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1. Definiendo las "candidaturas independientes": hacia un modelo de clasificación integral A la hora de definir el concepto "candidaturas independientes" la literatura existente señala dos características que suponen un mínimo común denominador de todas ellas: (i) no asumen las siglas de grandes partidos convencionales/ estatales y (ii) son una realidad que opera específica y exclusivamente a nivel local (Bracanti, 2008;Boogers, 2008;Holtmann, 2008;Copus et al, 2008Copus et al, , 2009González, 2012;Reuchamps et al, 2013;Bautista 2015;Arengenedt, 2016;Heyerick, 2016;Maskarinec y Klimovsky, 2016;Vampa, 2016;Kening y Rahat, 2018). Así, el término "candidaturas independientes" ha venido a funcionar en la teoría de referencia como una categoría general, pero esta definición es insuficiente y se hace necesaria una mayor precisión a nivel conceptual.…”
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“…En primer lugar, a partir de la categoría general de "candidaturas independientes" se pueden dividir tres subcategorías en función de su origen: de (i) si éstas provienen de movimientos sociales y/o asociaciones civiles (Holtmann, 2008;; (ii) si son candidaturas herederas o bajo la influencia de formaciones partidistas tradicionales, esto es, "marcas blancas" (Holtmann, 2008;Reuchamps et al 2012;Heyerick, 2016;Vampa, 2016) o bien si (iii) hunden sus raíces en proyectos autónomos, no descendiendo ni de movimientos sociales ni de los grandes partidos convencionales y/o estatales (Ehin et al, 2003;Reuchamps et al, 2012;Heyerick, 2016;Vampa, 2016;Ahedo y Ureta, 2017;Ureta, 2017); Así, la primera de estas subtipologías en función del origen obedece a aquellas candidaturas provenientes de movimientos sociales y/o asociaciones civiles, estudiadas en los trabajos de Holtmann (2008) y ). Mientras Hotmann (2008 no se detuvo en desarrollar excesivamente esta definición para el caso alemán; Ubasart (2012) ahondó teóricamente en los contenidos de esta subcategoría a la que Herramientas teóricas para la definición y análisis de las "candidaturas independientes" locales: nuevas posibilidades de estudio en el ámbito municipal español Miriam Ureta García denominó "candidaturas alternativas y populares".…”
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