Electoral systems and concepts of democracy: electoral reform as a permanent policy issue in the Italian political system

Floridia, Antonio

doi:10.1080/23248823.2018.1469269

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“…The proportional representation system (Floridia 2018) combined with perfect bicameralism (Einaudi 1948) produced weak coalitions in Italy with the latter having more than 68 different governments from the Second World War onwards. Nonetheless, the country always found a way to move forward even in the face of the various political challenges including the Mani Pulite scandal which saw the demise of various political parties including Italy's Christian Democratic Party and the Italian Socialist Party (Della Porta and Vannucci 2007).…”

Section: Italian Politics the Financial Crisis And Public Healthmentioning

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The europeanization of the covid-19 pandemic response and the EU’s solidarity with Italy

Cachia

2021

Contemporary Italian Politics

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Since 2008, the European Union has faced a multitude of challenges including the international financial crisis and the Syrian migration crisis. These not only created a crisis within the EU, leaving many wondering whether the European project would survive, but they highlighted the lack of solidarity amongst its member states. These issues would again be brought to the fore with the Covid-19 pandemic, which has been an especially challenging issue for Italy. The country was still recovering from the 2008 financial crisis when it became the epicentre of the pandemic in Europe. For this reason, it requested the support of the EU to try to contain. However, the EU initially struggled to provide any support. This article evaluates the role of Europeanization in the EU's response to the Covid-19 pandemic and Italy's request for support. By evaluating speeches delivered by EU and Italian politicians; and by analysing the initial measures introduced by the various EU institutions, this study highlights that there was a top-down impact of Europeanization. In fact, the EU introduced various health and economic policies to help Italy and the other states struggling with the Covid-19 pandemic even though it did not act as swiftly as expected. The reason for this is that like its member states, the EU found itself unprepared to deal with the pandemic. The study will also highlight the limitations surrounding the concept of solidarity as, even though the Covid-19 pandemic challenged EU member states, they struggled to work together to contain the virus.

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Section: Italian Politics the Financial Crisis And Public Healthmentioning

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The europeanization of the covid-19 pandemic response and the EU’s solidarity with Italy

Cachia

2021

Contemporary Italian Politics

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“…Revista de Estudios Políticos, 187, enero/marzo (2020), pp. 71-100 incurrieron en importantes errores de cálculo sobre los beneficios de la reforma electoral y subestimaron el éxito que tendría el M5S, especialmente en el sur del país (Floridia, 2018).…”

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“…Este proceso reformista evidencia, en suma, que las reformas electorales dominadas por supuestos intereses a corto plazo de los partidos en el poder y ejecutadas de forma precipitada -o al menos no pergeñadas con la suficiente reflexión sobre los objetivos perseguidos-corren el riesgo de no anticipar el impacto de efectos imprevistos o de variables políticas que no se tienen en cuenta de manera suficiente (Floridia, 2018).…”

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El maremágnum de las reformas electorales en Italia: una necesaria recapitulación

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2020

Rev. Estud. Polít.

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The Political Context 2013–2018

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2019

The Italian General Election of 2018

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Electoral systems and concepts of democracy: electoral reform as a permanent policy issue in the Italian political system

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

The europeanization of the covid-19 pandemic response and the EU’s solidarity with Italy

The europeanization of the covid-19 pandemic response and the EU’s solidarity with Italy

El maremágnum de las reformas electorales en Italia: una necesaria recapitulación

The Political Context 2013–2018

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