Are we exaggerating populism’s threat to democracy?
A new book argues that democracy is actually pretty resilient.
Italy’s new leader faces familiar problems, including fickle voters
Giorgia Meloni’s popularity may not hold — and she doesn’t have much freedom to change policy
Who chooses Boris Johnson’s replacement? Check the party rules.
When party activists have too much say, they can hurt the party’s chances of winning a general election
Italy’s last prime minister fell thanks to fights over E.U. money. The new one now has the chance to spend it.
Mario Draghi will have to grapple with deep north-south divisions.
Italians will vote on a reform to create stable governments. But will it work?
The governing coalition proposes to shrink the size of Parliament.
Why has Italy avoided jihadist terrorist attacks? Our research helps explain.
Italy’s centralized intelligence and controversial deportation policy have made a difference.
How Tunisia’s presidential election could deliver a populist president
And the frontrunner candidate happens to be in jail. Here’s what you should know.
Junk television promoted populist politics long before Fox News and Trump
Kids and old people were more likely to vote for a notorious Italian populist when they were fed a diet of entertainment television.
American pundits think Europe has just introduced a blasphemy law through the back door. They’re wrong.
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Italy has a new populist government — and a new constitutional headache
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/italys-political-upheaval-comes-to-an-end/2018/06/01/c6c98ef6-6577-11e8-81ca-bb14593acaa6_video.html Italy’s convoluted political crisis has finally reached an endpoint.
The big winners in Italy’s election are really big on Facebook
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What Italy’s economic woes mean for Sunday’s vote
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Italy’s new election rules are supposed to make its government more stable. Don’t count on it.
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Italy votes on Sunday. Here’s what you need to know.
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Trump’s proposed administration isn’t ideologically diverse. That can be dangerous.
[caption id="attachment_42060" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)[/caption] Should Americans
Is Trump a Berlusconi? Or more like Mussolini?
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Italy is having a referendum next week. It may spark a major European crisis.
[caption id="attachment_50337" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speaks
Want to know if the Trump administration will lurch into radicalism? Don’t look at Trump.
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Here’s what citizens who vote for authoritarians have in common
What leads citizens to vote for authoritarian candidates? In recent
Of course Donald Trump goes low. That’s the populists’ winning style.
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Populist leaders undermine democracy in these 4 ways. Would a President Trump?
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Donald Trump may be showing us the future of right-wing politics
[caption id="attachment_36434" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Donald Trump speaks to South Carolina
The Trump phenomenon and the European populist radical right
[caption id="attachment_28922" align="aligncenter" width="992"] Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks
Free book on European parliamentary elections by country experts available online
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Europe may get a lot tougher on Russia sanctions
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Maliki has only himself to blame for Iraq's crisis
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Maliki has only himself to blame for Iraq’s crisis
[caption id="attachment_12376" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (front)
The Italian General Election of February 2013: Deadlock after Technocracy
Continuing our series of election reports in conjunction with Electoral Studies, the following
Italian Elections Resources
If you are a journalist looking to write an article
Taking Strategic Voting to a New Level: The 2013 Italian Parliamentary Elections
Italians are heading to the polls today in the first
2013 Italian Parliamentary Election Pre-Election Report
Continuing our series of election reports, the following pre-election report
Brinkmanship and the Euro: Still a Bad Idea
The _Financial Times_ "suggests":http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/cf397bb8-5003-11e1-8c9a-00144feabdc0.html that brinkmanship in the eurozone may
Speaking of Things that Aren’t Democratic…
Earlier this week, I raised the issue that there might
Italy and the politics of criminal trials
Since Lee's departure, the tone of this blog has regrettably
Thoughts on Groseclose book on media bias
Respected political scientist Tim Groseclose just came out with a
More Politics and World Cup (Really, just more World Cup)
There is surely something interesting to be said about the
What does the new British coalition have to tell us about models of coalition formation?
In the wake of the exceedingly quick wrap up of
Do incumbent governments do better in economic crises?
Andrew (like most other political scientists who have studied this)