The Elephant in the Room in Presidential Politics: Informal Powers in Western Europe

S Grimaldi - Political Studies Review, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Presidents' informal powers remain under-investigated especially in Western European
democracies. This gap might hamper the full understanding of how presidents ultimately …

The power of the president: a quantitative narrative analysis of the diary of an Italian head of state (2006–2013)

M Tebaldi, M Calaresu, A Purpura - Quality & Quantity, 2019 - Springer
Many authors agree that the President of the Italian Republic is the head of state with the
widest powers among parliamentary governments in Europe. Although several studies have …

Presidential power and bargaining complexity in the party selection of Italian heads of state, 1948-2022

M Vercesi - Contemporary Italian Politics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Among political scientists, presidents in parliamentary democracies have received little
attention as compared to their popularly elected counterparts. Yet, there is evidence of …

Super partes? Ideological leaning of heads of state and their distance from prime ministers

A Ceron - Contemporary Italian Politics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Presidents in parliamentary democracies are commonly perceived as neutral actors, with
limited influence on everyday politics. However, Italian heads of state have the widest set of …

The 'presidential accordion'in times of crisis: is it still well tuned?

M Tebaldi - Contemporary Italian Politics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The article analyses the role of the President of the Italian Republic (PoR) as it relates to the
process of government formation during the political, economic, and pandemic crises of the …

Ideological Disagreement and the Rejection of Laws by Italian Heads of State

A Ceron - Swiss Political Science Review, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Heads of state in parliamentary democracies are usually perceived as neutral and non‐
partisan political actors. However, they can make autonomous political choices, sometimes …

Verso una Presidenza mediatica? Il potere di moral suasion del Capo dello Stato dalla crisi della Prima Repubblica ad oggi

F Amoretti, D Giannone - Comunicazione politica, 2016 - rivisteweb.it
TOWARDS A MEDIA PRESIDENCY? THE POWER OF MORAL SUASION OF THE ITALIAN
HEAD OF STATE FROM THE CRISIS OF THE FIRST REPUBLIC ONWARDS. Several …

The actorness of the President of the Republic in Italian foreign policy: a quantitative narrative analysis of two case studies (1999–2013)

M Tebaldi, M Calaresu, A Purpura - Quality & Quantity, 2022 - Springer
In this paper, we address the topic of policy actorness in Italian foreign policy to characterize
the understudied role of the President of the Italian Republic (PoR). We apply quantitative …

Presidential Informal Powers and Their Use

S Grimaldi - The Informal Powers of Western European Presidents …, 2023 - Springer
The chapter theoretically distinguishes between presidential formal and informal powers
and then proposes a typology of informal powers based on two criteria: the existence of …

Con chi parla il Presidente? Un'analisi relazionale del Diario di Giorgio Napolitano (2006-2013)

M Tebaldi, M Calaresu, A Purpura - Comunicazione politica, 2018 - rivisteweb.it
WHO TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT? A RELATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE DIARY OF
GIORGIO NAPOLITANO (2006-2013). During the second Italian Republic, the role of the …