Party responses to social movements: challenges and opportunities
In: Protest, culture and society volume 26
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In: Protest, culture and society volume 26
In: Biblioteca di testi e studi 1189
In: Studi politici
In: Italian Political Science Review: IPSR = Rivista italiana di scienza politica : RISP, p. 1-13
ISSN: 2057-4908
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This article presents a longitudinal comparative analysis of the regulation of private funding to political parties in 15 West European democracies and explores how these rules have changed under the most recent wave of political finance reforms. In particular, the article questions whether a deregulation of political finance regulation may be in sight, with a downsizing of the role of the state in the political finance domain. While evidence does not support a clear movement toward deregulation, the article shows that the move from private to public subsidization may not be that irreversible as it seemed and that private funding to political parties is likely to become more prominent in the near future also in Europe.
In: Contemporary Italian politics, Volume 12, Issue 4, p. 461-475
ISSN: 2324-8831
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of comparative politics, Volume 73, Issue 4, p. 918-933
ISSN: 1460-2482
According to the most recent statistics, 8.8% of the Italian population is registered as living abroad. This figure has increased considerably following the 2007 global economic crisis, with the number of Italians abroad rising from 3.1 million in 2006 to over 5 million in 2018 (+70% in only 12 years). Additionally, legislation on voting from abroad was amended to allow for postal voting and established 18 reserved seats for Italians abroad. These conditions seem to offer strong incentives for political parties to engage with potential supporters abroad in a structured and stable way. Yet, the analysis revealed significant variation among parties. By undertaking a close analysis of the organisational rules for the Italian party abroad as contained in party Statutes, the article suggests that variation among parties can be explained by their individual history of diaspora representation and by the organisational model established at the national level.
In: PS: political science & politics, Volume 49, Issue 4, p. 839-844
ISSN: 1537-5935
In: Representation, Volume 52, Issue 2-3, p. 179-189
ISSN: 1749-4001
In: PS: political science & politics, Volume 49, Issue 4, p. 839-844
ISSN: 0030-8269, 1049-0965
In: South European society & politics, Volume 19, Issue 1, p. 135-152
ISSN: 1743-9612
In: South European society & politics, Volume 19, Issue 1, p. 135-152
ISSN: 1360-8746
In: Contemporary Italian politics, Volume 12, Issue 3, p. 287-299
ISSN: 2324-8831
In: Politics & gender, Volume 16, Issue 3, p. 903-929
ISSN: 1743-9248
AbstractGiven the growing importance of state subsidies as a source of party income, several countries have introduced policies that link the provision of party funding to the promotion of gender equality in political representation. Variations in the assignment of public funding—that is, financial incentives and cuts—are increasingly employed to promote equal gender participation in intraparty politics and in public office. However, we know little about why and how these equality promotion policies have been adopted in different countries, how they work in practice, and, most importantly, what effects they have on women's representation. To contribute to this debate, after embedding gender-targeted public funding regulations in the broader set of political representation policies and presenting a comparative overview of existing rules in the European Union, the article concentrates on the Italian case. We examine the evolution of Italian regulation of gender electoral financing and the extent to which the Italian parties have complied with the rules over time. The results show that this set of policy instruments, when poorly designed, is nothing more than symbolic policy. The lack of appropriate mechanisms for sanctions and rewards, which can induce parties to change their behavior, has hampered the effectiveness of these policy measures.
In: Representation, Volume 50, Issue 2, p. 231-244
ISSN: 1749-4001
In: International political science review: the journal of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) = Revue internationale de science politique, Volume 44, Issue 1, p. 43-58
ISSN: 1460-373X
The lack of financial resources is an often-cited hurdle for women pursuing political careers. However, empirical analysis of the dynamics of the private funding of women candidates and its potential implications for their political careers is still scant, particularly for countries outside the anglophone regions. This paper contributes to the scholarly debate by focusing on the gendered patterns in campaign fundraising in Italy, where radical changes to the party funding regime and multiple reforms to the electoral laws may have changed the structure of opportunity for fundraising by women candidates. We analyse patterns of private funding for men and women candidates in four national elections between 1996 and 2018. Our analysis, triangulated with semi-structured interviews with women candidates, shows that differences exist in fundraising patterns between male and female candidates in Italy. It reveals differences in the quality of candidates' fundraising networks and confirms that political affiliation (to right-wing parties) and incumbency have an effect on the amount of donations received, thus granting women candidates greater access to private donations.
In: Contemporary Italian politics, Volume 12, Issue 3, p. 278-286
ISSN: 2324-8831