Recent studies investigated the effect of e-campaigning on the electoral performance.
However, little attention has been paid to the content of e-campaigning. Given that political …

The importance of social media as a way to monitor an electoral campaign is well
established. Day-by-day, hour-by-hour evaluation of the evolution of online ideas and …

The 2022 Italian general election marked a new step in the unprecedented instability
experienced by the Italian party system over the past 15 years. This article presents and …

This article examines the fortunes of the recently created Five Star Movement, a party that at
its first general election in February 2013 became the most voted for party in Italy. It explains …

Using expert survey data covering the 2001–13 period, this article investigates the changing
shape and structure of the Italian policy space over time, as well as parties' shifting policy …

In the last 20 years Italy has experienced major political upheavals, which have been
explained by a variety of political and social processes. This paper analyses the role played …

The disappearance of class voting in post-industrial societies has often been announced in
recent decades. Few studies, however, have focused on the self-employed, an occupational …

The evolution of voting in Italy's general elections from 1994 to 2018 is investigated in this
paper at the regional level, exploring the role of inequality, changes in incomes, wealth …

Over the past three decades, a rich body of research has developed on the determinants
and implications of political discussion among citizens. However, because most scholars …

In the lead-up to the 2013 parliamentary election, four Italian parties used primaries to select
candidates. Primaries, which were autonomously decided upon by the parties' central …