One year after the birth of an unprecedented government characterised by the strong
populist stance of both coalition partners (M5S and the Lega) and amid a growing …

Recent studies take increasingly refined views of how socioeconomic conditions influence
political behaviour. We add to this literature by exploring how voters' prospective evaluations …

In 2017, Italy, France, and Germany jointly supported the setting up of an EU-wide
investment screening mechanism to strengthen the EU's capacity to screen and eventually …

This paper explores how democracies handle the trade-off between public safety and
fundamental democratic principles. We show that an exogenous shock, like the pandemic …

This article uses the concept of policy polarisation to understand the short and conflictual life
of the Conte I cabinet which remained in office in Italy from June 2018 to September 2019 …

Despite increasing research into populist parties in power, their impact on subnational
institutions has been neglected. Taking a novel multilevel perspective, this article inquires …

The formation of the 'yellow-green'government that took office in Italy after the general
election held on 4 March 2018 looked puzzling to many commentators as the two coalition …

Il volume si incentra sull'analisi di alcuni aspetti chiave del rapporto tra populismo e
democrazia e, nello specifico, sul tipo di tensione che il governo bi-populista Movimento 5 …

Institutional frictions ruling the public budget narrow a government's possibilities to
implement its electoral stances and policy preferences. At the same time, parties …

This article deals with the impact of intra-party transformations and access to power on the
visions of political participation of activists taking part in populist anti-establishment parties …